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Senate committee clears several noncontroversial bills, including military code updates and reporting changes
Summary
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee moved a batch of primarily noncontroversial bills: military code cleanup items affecting Arkansas National Guard duties, a JPR reporting requirement for boards and commissions (HB1356), a governor-designated unified command for Capitol disturbances (HB1236), juvenile-records transfer rules (HB1245), and a music‑appreciation amendment. All were recommended do pass in committee.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee advanced a group of bills covering military code clarifications, oversight of boards and commissions, public‑safety authority at the State Capitol and juvenile records procedures.
Jeff Wood of the Arkansas National Guard testified on code-cleanup measures that replace the antiquated term "militia" with the code-defined "organized militia" (the Arkansas National Guard and Arkansas Air National Guard) and narrow the powers granted when Guard members are on state active duty from a broad…
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