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Committee advances routine statutory fixes and ceremonial proclamations; several technical bills pass by voice vote

STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE · March 5, 2019
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Summary

The Senate State Agencies committee passed several short, technical bills and amendments by voice vote, including minor election-code corrections and an amendment creating Arkansas Music Appreciation Day; a handful of noncontroversial measures were approved with little debate.

The Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee approved several short, largely noncontroversial measures during its session.

Early in the hearing, the committee unanimously approved House Bill 1455, a one-word correction to election code language, and House Bill 1465, which removes an obsolete statutory reference to a 2004 electronic voting machine model. Sponsors described both as…

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