Arkansas 2023 Regular Session

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4	4	State of Arkansas 1
5	5	94th General Assembly 2
6	6	Regular Session, 2023 HR 1001 3
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8	8	By: Representative M. Shepherd 5
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10	10	HOUSE RESOLUTION 7
11	11	TO ADOPT THE RULES O F THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT IVES OF 8
12	12	THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEM BLY. 9
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15	15	Subtitle 12
16	16	TO ADOPT THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 13
17	17	REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FOURTH 14
18	18	GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 15
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21	21	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FOURTH GENERAL 18
22	22	ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 19
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24	24	SECTION 1. The Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety -21
25	25	Fourth General Assembly of the State of Arkansas are adopted to read as 22
26	26	follows: 23
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28	28	MEMBERS 25
29	29	1. Every representative shall be present within the House during the 26
30	30	session of the House and every member shall be present at each committee 27
31	31	meeting of which he or she is a member, unless excused or necessarily 28
32	32	prevented. It is the policy of the Arkansas General Assembly, as a term -29
33	33	limited body, to encourage legislato rs to learn as much as possible by 30
34	34	attending meetings of committees of which they are not a member. Prior 31
35	35	signed and documented approval must be obtained from the chairperson of a 32
36	36	committee for a visiting non -committee member to enjoy certain privileges 33
37	37	offered to regular members. 34
38	38	2. For the purpose of seating in the House Chamber for an upcoming 35
39	39	regular session of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House, following 36 HR1001
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44	44	the November General Election, shall declare all House Chamber seats vacant 1
45	45	and representatives and representatives -elect must select in the order of 2
46	46	their seniority any seat not occupied after notification by the Chief Clerk 3
47	47	of available seats. Absence or failure to select a seat at the assigned 4
48	48	selection time will automatically allow the Speaker to assign the member to 5
49	49	his or her same seat if it is available or the member or member -elect to a 6
50	50	seat selected by the Speaker. The Chief Clerk shall furnish voting machine 7
51	51	and desk keys. 8
52	52	3. When it is necessary for seniority of incoming me mbers to be 9
53	53	determined by lot, the Speaker of the House and the Speaker -designate of the 10
54	54	House shall conduct a drawing by lots upon receiving certification from the 11
55	55	Secretary of State of the election of membership to each General Assembly. 12
56	56	Qualified and certified persons to be seated and officially receive the oath 13
57	57	of office may do so only at a time and place prescribed by the House. No 14
58	58	person having resigned from public office as a provision to a plea agreement 15
59	59	to avoid felony prosecution shall be seated or administered the oath of 16
60	60	office. Incoming members with previous legislative tenure shall be placed 17
61	61	highest in seniority among the incoming members based upon previous terms of 18
62	62	service. Where an equivalence of full terms of service exists, seniority fo r 19
63	63	those with equal terms shall be asserted by drawing lots to determine their 20
64	64	numerical standing. 21
65	65	4. A majority of all representatives elected to the House shall be 22
66	66	necessary to transact business. When less than a quorum of House members 23
67	67	shall assemble, those present shall be authorized to send for the absent 24
68	68	representatives or adjourn. Penalties may be decided by a majority of the 25
69	69	representatives present. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 11) 26
70	70	5. Each representative is expected to vote on each ques tion put before 27
71	71	the House unless he or she has an immediate personal interest. 28
72	72	6. Any representative shall have the right to explain his/her vote on 29
73	73	any bill or other question before the House, in writing. Such explanation 30
74	74	shall not be entered upon the Journal, but shall be filed with the Chief 31
75	75	Clerk. 32
76	76	7. Every bill or resolution in the possession of the House or of any 33
77	77	committee thereof shall be made available to any member for his/her 34
78	78	examination. 35
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84	84	any bill or other paper belonging to the House, without consent of the 1
85	85	Speaker, subject to the will of the House. 2
86	86	9. It shall be the duty of each representative to know, practice and 3
87	87	preserve Parliamentary Law. 4
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89	89	THE SPEAKER 6
90	90	10. Selection. 7
91	91	10.(a) As used in this rule, the term “Speaker -designate” shall mean 8
92	92	the member of the House of Representatives selected by the House of 9
93	93	Representatives of each General Assembly held preceding the convening of the 10
94	94	next-following regular session of the General Assembly, in the following 11
95	95	manner: 12
96	96	10.(a)(1) A caucus of the entire House of Representatives shall be 13
97	97	held fifteen (15) minutes following sine die adjournment of the fiscal 14
98	98	session held in each even -numbered year, at which time the members of th e 15
99	99	House shall select by secret ballot a member of the House to be known as the 16
100	100	Speaker-designate. Each candidate for Speaker -designate shall be allowed 17
101	101	fifteen (15) minutes to address the House before the ballot is taken. All 18
102	102	members are required to be p resent for the addresses and for the election. 19
103	103	In the event a member is unable to attend, absentee ballots may be requested 20
104	104	by a member for himself/herself from the Speaker's Office no sooner than 21
105	105	twenty (20) calendar days prior to the scheduled election and must be 22
106	106	completed and returned to the Speaker's Office no later than four p.m. (4:00 23
107	107	p.m.) the day before the scheduled election. It is the intent of the 24
108	108	Speaker’s office to accommodate any and all members for Speaker -designate 25
109	109	voting, should a member have a documented emergency arise, the Speaker may 26
110	110	direct staff to allow for absentee voting up to two (2) hours prior to the 27
111	111	scheduled election. Leave for absence shall be requested immediately before 28
112	112	the time of the election. The Speaker shall announce the name and number of 29
113	113	votes received by the candidate who received at least a majority of the votes 30
114	114	of the membership of the House. Each candidate shall be entitled to verify 31
115	115	the number of votes he or she received. 32
116	116	10.(a)(2) The candidate receiving a majority vote of the membership of 33
117	117	the House of Representatives shall be declared the winner of such election 34
118	118	for Speaker-designate of the House of Representatives of the next -following 35
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124	124	10.(a)(3) If no candidate receives a majority vote of the membership 1
125	125	of the House of Representatives, the names of the two (2) candidates 2
126	126	receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be placed on a run -off 3
127	127	ballot and distributed among the membership of the House of Representatives 4
128	128	in the same manner p rovided above. 5
129	129	10.(a)(4) If it is determined that the Speaker -designate will not 6
130	130	serve as a member of the House of Representatives of the next -following 7
131	131	General Assembly due to death, resignation, or failure to be a candidate for 8
132	132	or to win reelection, a vacancy in the position of Speaker -designate shall 9
133	133	exist and be filled at the caucus of the entire House of Representatives -10
134	134	elect held on the Friday of the week designated for the biennial Institute of 11
135	135	Legislative Procedure (House Legislative Orientation), and the Speaker of the 12
136	136	House of Representatives shall be elected upon convening of the next regular 13
137	137	session. 14
138	138	10.(a)(5) It is the intent of this subsection that the Speaker -15
139	139	designate be the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the next -16
140	140	following General Assembly, subject to selection by the membership of the 17
141	141	House upon convening of the regular session. 18
142	142	10.(a)(6) Petitions seeking pledge signatures of members of the House 19
143	143	of Representatives for a particular candidate seeking selection as Speaker -20
144	144	designate shall not be circulated among the members of the House of 21
145	145	Representatives. 22
146	146	10.(b) At the beginning of each session the members of the House of 23
147	147	Representatives shall choose from its own membership a presiding officer 24
148	148	designated as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 25
149	149	11. Duties. The duties of the Speaker of the House shall be to: 26
150	150	11.(a) Take the chair each day at the hour fixed on the preceding day 27
151	151	at adjournment. After the opening prayer and pledge of allegiance, he or she 28
152	152	shall immediately call the members to order, and on the appearance of a 29
153	153	quorum, cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read; 30
154	154	11.(b) Have control of the area set aside for use by the House and, in 31
155	155	case of disturbance therein, shall have the authority to have the areas 32
156	156	cleared. He or she or his or her designee shall supervise and control the 33
157	157	temporary employees while the legislature is in session and the permanent 34
158	158	employees during the biennium (Arkansas Code 10 -2-125 -- Employees and 35
159	159	officers.); 36 HR1001
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164	164	11.(c) Preserve order and decorum; 1
165	165	11.(d) Sign all acts, proceedings and orders of the House. All writs, 2
166	166	warrants and subpoenas issued by the House shall be signed and attested by 3
167	167	him or her and the Clerk (Joint Rules of the House of Representatives and 4
168	168	the Senate, Rule 10; Arkansas Code, Title 21, Chapter 10 - Uniform Facsimile 5
169	169	Signatures of Public Officials Act); 6
170	170	11.(e) Decide, with assistance of the Parliamentarian, all points of 7
171	171	order, subject to appeal by any representative; 8
172	172	11.(f) Appoint and confirm all representatives to certain committees 9
173	173	and to appoint and confirm committee chairpersons and vice chairpersons in 10
174	174	accordance with the House Rules and Statutes; 11
175	175	11.(g) Assign all bills to their appropriate committee; 12
176	176	11.(h) The Speaker shall not be requ ired to vote, but may do so at 13
177	177	his/her discretion. If the Speaker allows a substitute Speaker, neither the 14
178	178	Speaker nor the substitute Speaker, if voting, shall be struck during the 15
179	179	sounding of the ballot. 16
180	180	11.(i) State the question to the House before ea ch vote is taken; 17
181	181	11.(j) Appoint, at the beginning of each session, a member of the 18
182	182	House to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore. The Speaker Pro Tempore shall serve 19
183	183	during the absences of the Speaker and shall perform the Speaker’s duties. 20
184	184	The Speaker Pro Tempore shall not serve more than ten (10) consecutive 21
185	185	legislative days without the consent of the House, or beyond adjournment. 22
186	186	The Speaker of the House may appoint four (4) Assistant Speakers Pro Tempore; 23
187	187	11.(k) Supervise and direct the preparation of the daily House 24
188	188	calendar; 25
189	189	11.(l) Administer the Oath of Office to the Chief Clerk and the 26
190	190	Parliamentarian at the beginning of each legislative session; 27
191	191	11.(m) Vacate the Speaker’s office by January 1 of the calendar year 28
192	192	that a new General Assembly is to convene (odd-numbered years) so as to allow 29
193	193	the Speaker-designate the privilege of the use of the office in preparation 30
194	194	for the forthcoming General Assembly; 31
195	195	11.(n) Vacate the Speaker’s premises by December 15 in the even -32
196	196	numbered years; and 33
197	197	11.(o) Keep a permanent register of the seniority of the members of 34
198	198	the House of Representatives. 35
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204	204	committee for that purpose, the other body shall also appoint a committee of 1
205	205	equal number to conf er, and such conference shall be held at any time and 2
206	206	place agreed on by the chairpersons. 3
207	207	11.(q) Approve, by cosigning with either the Chief of Staff or the 4
208	208	Coordinator of Legislative Services, the disbursement of all House funds. 5
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210	210	CHIEF OF STAFF 7
211	211	12. The Chief of Staff shall be appointed by the Speaker with the 8
212	212	approval of the House Management Committee. 9
213	213	13. The duties of the Chief of Staff shall be to: 10
214	214	13.(a) Oversee all facets of the daily operations of the House 11
215	215	ensuring compliance with all Rul es of the House, all local, state and federal 12
216	216	laws, policies, regulations and policy statements; 13
217	217	13.(b) Act as travel supervisor or assign duty to designated staff; 14
218	218	13.(c) Act as purchasing agent or assign duty to designated staff; 15
219	219	13.(d) Coordinate preparation for General, Fiscal and Special Sessions 16
220	220	of the House of Representatives; and 17
221	221	13.(e) Act as custodian of House properties. 18
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223	223	COORDINATOR OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES 20
224	224	14. The Coordinator of House Legislative Services shall be appointed 21
225	225	by the Speaker of the House with the approval of the House Management 22
226	226	Committee. 23
227	227	15. The duties of the Coordinator of House Legislative Services shall 24
228	228	be to: 25
229	229	15.(a) Coordinate and s upervise the activities of the Chief Clerk, 26
230	230	employees of the House Fiscal Office, and other temporary and permanent 27
231	231	employees as assigned by the Chief of Staff; 28
232	232	15.(b) Keep or cause to be kept all fiscal accounts and records; and 29
233	233	15.(c) Report to the Chief of Staff. 30
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235	235	THE CHIEF CLERK 32
236	236	16. The Chief Clerk shall be appointed by the Speaker, subject to 33
237	237	confirmation by a majority vote of the membership of the House. 34
238	238	17. The duties of the Chief Clerk shall be to (Arkansas Code § 10-2-35
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244	244	17.(a) Have custody of all bills, papers and records of the House and 1
245	245	not to permit them to be taken out of his or her custody except by the 2
246	246	provisions established in Rule 8 of the Rules of the House of 3
247	247	Representatives. Staff must sign a receipt for all bills taken f rom the 4
248	248	Clerk; 5
249	249	17.(b) Keep the Journal of the proceedings of the House, and, under 6
250	250	the direction of the Speaker, subject to the will of the House, correct 7
251	251	errors in the Journal; 8
252	252	17.(c) Keep the necessary records for the House; 9
253	253	17.(d) Supervise the en grossment and enrollment of bills and to 10
254	254	certify their passage, with the assistance of the appropriate committee 11
255	255	(Joint Rules of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Rules 6 -- 9.); 12
256	256	17.(e) Transmit bills, other documents, and messages to the Sena te, as 13
257	257	required and secure a receipt thereof and to receive communications from the 14
258	258	Senate and receipts of bills, documents and messages; 15
259	259	17.(f) Attend every session of the House, call or delegate the reading 16
260	260	of the roll and the reading of all bills, res olutions and other papers as 17
261	261	directed by the Speaker; 18
262	262	17.(g) Coordinate and supervise activities of temporary and permanent 19
263	263	employees as assigned by the Chief of Staff; 20
264	264	17.(h) Be responsible for the distribution of all literature within 21
265	265	the House Chamber and other House premises. One copy of such literature 22
266	266	which is distributed in the House Chamber and House premises must bear the 23
267	267	signature of a representative authorizing distribution and the signed copy 24
268	268	must be filed with the Chief Clerk; and 25
269	269	17.(i) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House are 26
270	270	authorized, subject to approval by the appropriate designated committee, to 27
271	271	correct obvious errors occurring in documents originating in the House and 28
272	272	the Senate respectively, provided that each s uch correction is noted on the 29
273	273	bill jacket and is documented by a “correction note” at the end of the 30
274	274	official daily Journal for the date on which the correction was made. 31
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276	276	PARLIAMENTARIAN 33
277	277	18. The duties of the Parliamentarian shall be to: 34
278	278	18.(a) Convene the first session of the House at the time prescribed 35
279	279	by law. The Parliamentarian shall call the members to order, call the roll, 36 HR1001
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284	284	preserve order and decorum, and decide all questions of order subject to 1
285	285	appeal by any representative pending the electio n of the Speaker. The 2
286	286	Parliamentarian of the previous House shall serve as the official 3
287	287	Parliamentarian until the appointment of a new Parliamentarian. In the 4
288	288	absence of a Parliamentarian of the previous House, the Speaker of the House 5
289	289	shall designate a temporary Parliamentarian to convene the first session of 6
290	290	the House; 7
291	291	18.(b) Assist the Speaker in deciding all points of order; 8
292	292	18.(c) Advise the Speaker on the proprieties of motions and the 9
293	293	numbers of votes necessary for passage; 10
294	294	18.(d) Assist the Speaker in the supervision of the preparation of the 11
295	295	daily House calendar; 12
296	296	18.(e) Assist the Speaker in the selection of a Chaplain for the day; 13
297	297	18.(f) Assist the Speaker in the assignment of bills to their 14
298	298	appropriate committee; 15
299	299	18.(g) Sit as an ex-officio non-voting member of the House Rules 16
300	300	Committee, and serve as secretary and advisor to the House Committee on the 17
301	301	Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills; 18
302	302	18.(h) Prepare and distribute the House Rules and amendments thereto, 19
303	303	under the supervision of the Speaker and the House Rules Committee; and 20
304	304	18.(i) Have an adequate knowledge of Parliamentary Law and the Rules 21
305	305	of the Arkansas House of Representatives. 22
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307	307	PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE 24
308	308	19. When a question is under debate, motions shall have precedence in 25
309	309	the following order (the request for a quorum call is always in order; the 26
310	310	Chairperson is not compelled to accept any motion): 27
311	311	19.(a) To fix the time to which the House will adjourn (non -debatable) 28
312	312	(majority of a quorum); 29
313	313	19.(a)(1) (A majority of a quorum is a majority of those voting when 30
314	314	at least a majority of the members are present and voting;) 31
315	315	19.(b) To adjourn (non -debatable) (majority of a quorum); 32
316	316	19.(c) To take a recess (non -debatable) (majority of a quorum); 33
317	317	19.(d) Postpone temporari ly; lay on the table (non -debatable) 34
318	318	(majority of a quorum) To take from the table (non -debatable) (majority of a 35
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324	324	takes the same position it held when the motion to lay on the tabl e was 1
325	325	adopted); 2
326	326	19.(e) Immediate consideration (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 3
327	327	19.(f) Previous question (non -debatable) (5 seconds) (majority of a 4
328	328	quorum); 5
329	329	19.(g) Limit or extend debate (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 6
330	330	19.(h) To expunge (deba table) (2/3 of membership) (67); 7
331	331	19.(i) Postpone to a day certain (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 8
332	332	19.(j) Committee of the Whole, go into (non -debatable) (majority of a 9
333	333	quorum); 10
334	334	19.(k) Refer (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 11
335	335	19.(l) Amend (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 12
336	336	19.(m) Postpone indefinitely (debatable) (majority of membership); 13
337	337	19.(n) Take out of proper order (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 14
338	338	19.(o) Special order of business (debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); and 15
339	339	19.(p) To suspend the rules (non-debatable) (2/3 of a quorum). 16
340	340	20. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, when the Floor can 17
341	341	be obtained for that purpose, except when the previous question has been 18
342	342	ordered. 19
343	343	21. The motion to recess, when the Floor can be obta ined for that 20
344	344	purpose, must specify the time which shall elapse and the time for 21
345	345	reconvening. It may be amended to alter specific time. 22
346	346	22. Previous question: 23
347	347	22.(a) When any debatable question is before the House, any member may 24
348	348	move the previous que stion. It shall be seconded by five (5) members whether 25
349	349	the question shall be stated. When the previous question shall have been 26
350	350	adopted, the proponents shall be allowed fifteen (15) minutes in which to 27
351	351	debate it, and the opponents of the main question s hall be allowed fifteen 28
352	352	(15) minutes, after which time a vote upon the main question shall be taken. 29
353	353	22.(b) Pending a vote on the main question, one (1) motion to refer is 30
354	354	permitted. A motion to refer under this rule applies to House resolutions as 31
355	355	well as to House bills, to Senate bills and to Senate amendments to a House 32
356	356	bill, and to a motion to amend the Journal. The motion to refer under this 33
357	357	rule is non-debatable and may not be laid upon the table. 34
358	358	23. A motion to postpone to a day certain may no t specify the hour; a 35
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364	364	it is debatable within narrow limits only, confined to the merit of the 1
365	365	motion itself. 2
366	366	24. The simple motion to refer is debatable within its narrow limit s, 3
367	367	but the merits of the proposition to which it is proposed to refer may not be 4
368	368	brought into the debate. The motion to refer with instructions is debatable 5
369	369	(majority vote of a quorum). When a question is raised about the proper 6
370	370	referral of a bill to com mittee, if the Speaker admits error in the referral 7
371	371	of the bill to a committee, the bill may be re -referred by a majority vote of 8
372	372	a quorum; however, if the Speaker does not admit error in the referral of the 9
373	373	bill to committee, the bill may only be re -referred by a two-thirds (2/3) 10
374	374	vote of a quorum. When a bill is re -referred to a committee, any previous 11
375	375	committee recommendation is automatically stripped from the bill. 12
376	376	24.(a) When a motion is under consideration, only two (2) substitutes 13
377	377	to that motion shall be in order. Only a motion applicable to the main 14
378	378	motion and of a higher precedence upon recognition may be substituted for the 15
379	379	motion under consideration. A substitute to the third degree shall not be in 16
380	380	order. Unless specified otherwise by the pre senter of the motion at the time 17
381	381	the motion is made, a substitute motion shall apply to the main motion. 18
382	382	25. The motion to postpone indefinitely opens to debate all the merits 19
383	383	of the proposition to which it is applied. It may not be applied to the 20
384	384	motion to refer, or to suspend the rules, or to motions relating to the order 21
385	385	of business. 22
386	386	25.(a) The motion for indefinite postponement and possible 23
387	387	consideration by a joint interim committee shall be as follows: "Mr. Speaker, 24
388	388	I move that consideration of __ _____ be postponed indefinitely and that 25
389	389	consideration be given by the joint interim committee on _______ for a study 26
390	390	of ______." (majority of membership). 27
391	391	26. The motion to limit or extend debate must specify time 28
392	392	limitations. A substitute motion speci fying a lesser time may be accepted. 29
393	393	27. Reconsideration: 30
394	394	27.(a) When a proposition has been made and carried or lost, it shall 31
395	395	be in order for any member of the majority on the same or succeeding 32
396	396	legislative day to move for the reconsideration thereof , or give notice of 33
397	397	his or her intentions to do so and such motion shall take precedence over 34
398	398	other questions except consideration of a conference report or a motion to 35
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404	404	the period reserved for regular bills. The notice shall not be withdrawn 1
405	405	after the said succeeding legislative day without the consent of the House, 2
406	406	and thereafter any member may call it up for consideration: Provided, the 3
407	407	notice to reconsider must be disposed of within three (3) legislative days 4
408	408	following the day the vote was taken; provided, that such notice to 5
409	409	reconsider cannot be given after the 57th day of a regular session or during 6
410	410	a special session or fiscal session during which times a motion to reconsider 7
411	411	must be disposed of immediately. 8
412	412	27.(b) The provisions of the rule that the motion may be made “by any 9
413	413	member of the majority” is construed, in case of a tie, to mean the member of 10
414	414	the prevailing side, and the same construction applies in the case of a two-11
415	415	thirds (2/3) vote. Where the yeas and nays have not been ordered recorded in 12
416	416	the Journal, any member, irrespective of whether he or she voted with the 13
417	417	majority or not, may make the motion to reconsider or give notice thereof; 14
418	418	but a member who was abse nt or who was paired in favor of the majority 15
419	419	contention and did not vote may not make a motion. 16
420	420	27.(c) A bill in the possession of the House is not considered passed 17
421	421	or an amendment agreed to if a motion to reconsider is pending; the effect of 18
422	422	the motion being to suspend the original proposition. A notice or motion to 19
423	423	reconsider shall not be allowed unless the bill is in the House. A bill 20
424	424	shall not leave the House once notice of reconsideration is given. When the 21
425	425	motion to reconsider is decided in the affirmative, the question immediately 22
426	426	recurs on the motion reconsidered. However, prior to consideration of the 23
427	427	question at hand, the Speaker shall have the title, expressing the main 24
428	428	contents of the proposition being reconsidered, read to the House. Wh en the 25
429	429	motion to reconsider is defeated, a second motion to reconsider may not be 26
430	430	made. 27
431	431	27.(d) The motion to reconsider is agreed to by a majority of a 28
432	432	quorum, even though the vote reconsidered requires a majority or more of the 29
433	433	membership. Upon reconsi deration when a proposition has been voted twice and 30
434	434	either carried or lost it is considered "Clinched". 31
435	435	27.(e) A notice to reconsider is not debatable. A motion to 32
436	436	reconsider is debatable when the item to which it applies is debatable. 33
437	437	27.(f) No bill, petition, memorial, or resolution referred to a 34
438	438	committee or reported there -from for recommitment shall be brought back into 35
439	439	the House on a motion to reconsider. 36 HR1001
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443	443
444	444	27.(g) The "Clincher” motion is two (2) motions in one (1); it is a 1
445	445	motion to reconsider a nd to lay on the table. Having prevailed, the 2
446	446	proposition shall not be again considered except by expunging the record. 3
447	447	The "Clincher" motion is adopted by a majority of the membership. The 4
448	448	Speaker shall accept a "Sound the Ballot" request after the "Cl incher" has 5
449	449	been adopted and before the next order of business is called. 6
450	450	27.(h) No “Clincher” motion shall be entertained on a bill passed 7
451	451	during the morning hour or which has been represented to be non -controversial 8
452	452	regardless of when passed. Prior to the 60th day of a session, no bill 9
453	453	passed during the morning hour, or a bill appearing on the non -controversial 10
454	454	bill calendar which has passed, shall be transmitted to the Senate until the 11
455	455	expiration of the morning hour of the day next following its passa ge in which 12
456	456	the House is in session. 13
457	457	28. No dilatory motion shall be entertained by the Speaker. 14
458	458	29. Two-thirds (2/3) of a quorum may suspend the rules, other than 15
459	459	rules that require a two -thirds (2/3) or three -fourths (3/4) vote of the 16
460	460	membership. Rule 12 of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of 17
461	461	Representatives - Suspension of Joint Rules 18
462	462	30. No standing rule or order shall be revised without one (1) day’s 19
463	463	notice being given thereof. 20
464	464	31. In every case not provided for in the House rules, the S peaker, 21
465	465	the Parliamentarian, and the members shall be guided by Mason’s Manual of 22
466	466	Legislative Procedure. Each member of the Rules Committee may be furnished a 23
467	467	copy of the current edition and of each new or revised edition of Mason’s 24
468	468	Manual of Legislative Procedure and additional copies may be available to 25
469	469	other members from the Parliamentarian, upon approval of the Rules Committee. 26
470	470	27
471	471	DAILY ORDER OF BUSINESS 28
472	472	32. The House shall convene at a time ordered by the House membership. 29
473	473	33. The daily order of bus iness shall be: 30
474	474	(a) Prayer 31
475	475	(b) Pledge of Allegiance 32
476	476	(c) Roll Call 33
477	477	(d) Leaves of absence 34
478	478	(e) Reading and approval of the previous day’s Journal 35
479	479	(f) Reports from select committees 36 HR1001
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482	482
483	483
484	484	(g) Reports from standing committees 1
485	485	(h) Unfinished business 2
486	486	(i) Executive communications 3
487	487	(j) Introduction, reading and advancement of bills and resolutions 4
488	488	33.(k)1. Senate communications and amendments to House bills 5
489	489	2. Introduction, reading and advancement of bills and joint 6
490	490	resolutions 7
491	491	3. Bills and resolutions from the Senate on first reading 8
492	492	4. Bills and resolutions from the Senate on second reading 9
493	493	5. Senate bills and joint resolutions on third reading 10
494	494	33.(l) Announcement of committee meetings, and 11
495	495	33.(m) Adjournment. 12
496	496	34.(a) Introduction an d reading of bills and resolutions may be 13
497	497	ordered by the Speaker of the House at his or her discretion. 14
498	498	34.(b) The following types of resolutions shall be considered for 15
499	499	passage during the time set aside for the consideration of members' own 16
500	500	amendments to their own bills: a memorial resolution, a concurrent memorial 17
501	501	resolution, and a resolution or a concurrent resolution that commends, 18
502	502	congratulates, or recognizes an individual, group, or other entity. 19
503	503	Notwithstanding Rule 27 (h), a concurrent resolution or concurrent memorial 20
504	504	resolution that is subject to this rule may be transmitted to the Senate on 21
505	505	the same day that it is passed. A joint resolution proposing a 22
506	506	Constitutional amendment shall be placed on the regular House calendar and is 23
507	507	subject to Rule 27 (h). 24
508	508	35. Items “(a)” through “(h)” shall take no more than one (1) hour of 25
509	509	House time each day unless extended by a majority vote of the House members 26
510	510	present. 27
511	511	36. Unfinished business items, except items “(a)” through “(g)", take 28
512	512	up where the House left the day before when it adjourned. Items “(a)” 29
513	513	through “(g)" begin new each day. 30
514	514	37. Privileged matters may interrupt the order of business. These 31
515	515	privileged matters are: 32
516	516	37.(a) Appropriation bills and revenue bills, sponsored by the 33
517	517	committees on Budget, Revenue and Taxation and the Committee on Rules; 34
518	518	37.(b) Conference reports; 35
519	519	37.(c) Special orders reported by the Committee on Rules for 36 HR1001
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522	522
523	523
524	524	consideration by the House; 1
525	525	37.(d) Consideration of amendments between the House and Senate after 2
526	526	disagreement; 3
527	527	37.(e) Question of privilege; 4
528	528	37.(f) Privileged resolutions reported under the right to report any 5
529	529	time; and 6
530	530	37.(g) Bills returned with the objections of the Governor. 7
531	531	8
532	532	BILLS 9
533	533	38. Any representative may introduce bills, petitions, resol utions and 10
534	534	memorials by filing them with the Clerk of the House. (Arkansas Code § 10-2-11
535	535	112 - Prefiling of bills and resolutions -- Assignment to committee --12
536	536	Printing.) 13
537	537	38.(a) Each measure must have an original along with copies and 14
538	538	captions, the number of which is to be determined by the Chief Clerk. 15
539	539	38.(b) The Clerk shall take the original and perforate or stamp it as 16
540	540	the original. 17
541	541	38.(c) No action shall be taken in the House on any bill, resolution, 18
542	542	or amendment that is not physically in the House. However, in the House the 19
543	543	motion to recall a bill or resolution may be made regardless of the location 20
544	544	of the bill or resolution. 21
545	545	38.(d) No alterations or erasures or otherwise defacement of the bill 22
546	546	or amendments shall be permitted. 23
547	547	38.(e) All amendments shall be entered on a separate sheet of paper 24
548	548	noting the page number, the line or lines to be changed and the words to be 25
549	549	deleted or inserted. 26
550	550	38.(f) All bills, resolutions, amendments, petitions and memorials 27
551	551	must be signed by the author. 28
552	552	38.(g) The improper introduction of a bill, resolution, amendment, 29
553	553	petition or memorial involves a question of privilege. Such measures 30
554	554	improperly introduced, as determined by the Speaker or the House Committee on 31
555	555	the Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, shal l be returned to the 32
556	556	representative who introduced them. 33
557	557	38.(h) The style of the laws of the State of Arkansas shall be: “Be it 34
558	558	enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas.” (Arkansas 35
559	559	Constitution, Article 5, § 19 - Style of laws -- Enacting Clause.) 36 HR1001
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562	562
563	563
564	564	38.(i) The General Assembly of Arkansas shall not pass any local or 1
565	565	special act. This amendment shall not prohibit the repeal of local or 2
566	566	special acts. (Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 14 - Local Acts.) 3
567	567	38.(j) No bill shall be passed by ei ther house containing more than 4
568	568	one subject, which shall be expressed in the title, and the subtitle. Rule 4 5
569	569	of the Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives - Contents of 6
570	570	Bills 7
571	571	38.(k) In making appropriations for any fiscal year, the Genera l 8
572	572	Assembly shall first pass the General Appropriation Bill provided for in 9
573	573	Section 30 of Article 5 of the Constitution, and no other appropriation bill 10
574	574	may be enacted before that shall have been done. (Arkansas Constitution, 11
575	575	Article 5, § 40 - General appropriation bill -- Enactment. 12
576	576	38.(l) No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance 13
577	577	of specific appropriation made by law, the purpose of which shall be 14
578	578	distinctly stated in the bill, and the maximum amount which may be drawn 15
579	579	shall be specified in dollars and cents; and no appropriation shall be for a 16
580	580	longer period than one (1) fiscal year. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, 17
581	581	§ 29 - Appropriations.) 18
582	582	The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations 19
583	583	for the ordinary expen se of the executive, legislative and judicial 20
584	584	departments of the State; all other appropriations shall be made by separate 21
585	585	bills, each embracing but one (1) subject. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, 22
586	586	§ 30 - General and special appropriations.) 23
587	587	No state tax shall be allowed, or appropriation of money made, except 24
588	588	to raise means for the payment of the just debts of the State, for defraying 25
589	589	the necessary expenses of government, to sustain common schools, to repel 26
590	590	invasion and suppress insurrection, except by a majority of two-thirds (2/3) 27
591	591	of both houses of the General Assembly. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, 28
592	592	§ 31 - Purposes of taxes and appropriations.) 29
593	593	None of the rates for property, excise, privilege or personal taxes, 30
594	594	now levied shall be increased by the General Assembly except after the 31
595	595	approval of the qualified electors voting thereon at an election, or in case 32
596	596	of emergency, by the votes of three -fourths (3/4) of the members elected to 33
597	597	each House of the General Assembly. (Arkansas Constitution, Artic le 5, § 38 -34
598	598	Taxes -- Increase -- Approval by electors.) 35
599	599	Excepting monies raised or collected for educational purposes, highway 36 HR1001
600	600
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602	602
603	603
604	604	purposes, to pay Confederate pensions and the just debts of the State, the 1
605	605	General Assembly is hereby prohibited from appropria ting or expending more 2
606	606	than the sum of Two and One -Half Million Dollars for all purposes, for any 3
607	607	fiscal year; provided the limit herein fixed may be exceeded by the votes of 4
608	608	three-fourths (3/4) of the members elected to each House of the General 5
609	609	Assembly. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 39 - State expenses --6
610	610	Limitation -- Exceptions.) 7
611	611	38.(m)(a)(1) No appropriation bill shall be filed for introduction in 8
612	612	either the House of Representatives or the Senate later than the fiftieth 9
613	613	(50th) day of a regula r session except upon consent of two -thirds (2/3) of 10
614	614	the members elected to each house. 11
615	615	(b)(1)(2)(A) No appropriation bill shall be filed for 12
616	616	introduction in either the House of Representatives or the Senate later than 13
617	617	the fifteenth (15th) day of a fi scal session except upon consent of two -14
618	618	thirds (2/3) of the members elected to each house. 15
619	619	(2)(B) For a fiscal session, a non -appropriation bill 16
620	620	shall not be filed for introduction until identical resolutions authorizing 17
621	621	the introduction of the non -appropriation bill have been approved by an 18
622	622	affirmative vote of two -thirds (2/3) of the members elected to each house. 19
623	623	(3)(C) The identical resolutions authorizing the 20
624	624	introduction of a non -appropriation bill in a fiscal session shall not be 21
625	625	filed for introduction in either the House of Representatives or the Senate 22
626	626	later than the first (1st) day of a fiscal session. 23
627	627	(4)(D) A non-appropriation bill shall not be filed for 24
628	628	introduction in either the House of Representatives or the Senate later than 25
629	629	the fifteenth (15th) day of a fiscal session. 26
630	630	(c)(3) When the filing deadline for any bills or resolutions 27
631	631	ends on Saturday or Sunday, the deadline is extended until the close of 28
632	632	business the following Monday. 29
633	633	38.(n)(a)(1) No resolution proposing a constitutional amendment shall 30
634	634	be filed in the House of Representatives after the thirty -first (31st) day of 31
635	635	each regular session of the General Assembly. Proposed constitutional 32
636	636	amendments may only be considered during regular sessions. 33
637	637	38.(n)(b)(2) All resolutions proposing constitutional amendments shall 34
638	638	be referred to the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental 35
639	639	Affairs, which by an affirmative vote of its members may recommend proposals 36 HR1001
640	640
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642	642
643	643
644	644	one-at-a-time to the House of Representatives for i ts consideration. 1
645	645	38.(n)(c)(3) Any proposed constitutional amendment initiated in and 2
646	646	approved by the House of Representatives shall be transmitted to the Senate 3
647	647	for its consideration. If the Senate fails to approve a House -proposed 4
648	648	constitutional amendment, the House of Representatives may proceed to 5
649	649	initiate other proposed constitutional amendments one -at-a-time for Senate 6
650	650	consideration. 7
651	651	38.(n)(d)(4) Any proposed constitutional amendment received from the 8
652	652	Senate shall be referred to the House Commi ttee on State Agencies and 9
653	653	Governmental Affairs, which by an affirmative vote of its members may 10
654	654	recommend the proposal to the House of Representatives for its consideration. 11
655	655	38.(n)(e)(5) Upon adoption by the General Assembly of a House -proposed 12
656	656	constitutional amendment and a Senate -proposed constitutional amendment, in 13
657	657	accordance with the Joint Rules, a third proposed constitutional amendment 14
658	658	may be considered and voted upon by the General Assembly only after identical 15
659	659	resolutions authorizing the conside ration of the third proposed 16
660	660	constitutional amendment have been approved by an affirmative vote of two -17
661	661	thirds (2/3) of the members elected to each house. 18
662	662	38.(o)(a)(1) Any proposed legislation affecting any publicly supported 19
663	663	retirement system or pension plan to be considered by the General Assembly at 20
664	664	a regular session shall be introduced in the General Assembly during the 21
665	665	first fifteen (15) calendar days of a regular session. (Arkansas Code § 10-2-22
666	666	115, Introduction of bills affecting public retirement pr ograms.) 23
667	667	38.(o)(b)(2) No such bill shall be introduced after the fifteenth day 24
668	668	of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three -25
669	669	fourths (3/4) vote of the full membership of each House of the General 26
670	670	Assembly. (Arkansas Code § 10-2-115, Introduction of bills affecting public 27
671	671	retirement programs.) 28
672	672	38.(o)(c)(3) A bill affecting any publicly supported retirement system 29
673	673	or systems shall not be introduced or considered at any special session or 30
674	674	fiscal session of the General Assembly unless the introduction and 31
675	675	consideration of the bill is first approved by a three -fourths (3/4) vote of 32
676	676	the full membership of each House of the General Assembly. (Arkansas Code 33
677	677	§ 10-2-115, Introduction of bills affecting public retirement programs.) 34
678	678	38.(p)(1) A bill affecting the State and Public School Life and Health 35
679	679	Insurance Program or that imposes a new or increased cost obligation for 36 HR1001
680	680
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682	682
683	683
684	684	health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state 1
685	685	to be considered by the General Assembly at a regular session shall be 2
686	686	introduced in the General Assembly during the fi rst fifteen (15) calendar 3
687	687	days of a regular session. 4
688	688	(2)(A) A bill affecting the State and Public School Life 5
689	689	and Health Insurance Program or that imposes a new or increased cost 6
690	690	obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an 7
691	691	entity of the state shall not be introduced after the fifteenth day of a 8
692	692	regular session unless the introduction of the bill is first approved by a 9
693	693	three-fourths (3/4) vote of the full membership of each house of the General 10
694	694	Assembly. 11
695	695	(B) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than 12
696	696	three (3) consecutive days during the first fifteen (15) calendar days of a 13
697	697	regular session, the fifteen -day introduction deadline shall be extended for 14
698	698	a time period equal to the recess. 15
699	699	(3) A bill affecting the Sta te and Public School Life and 16
700	700	Health Insurance Program or that imposes a new or increased cost obligation 17
701	701	for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the 18
702	702	state shall not be introduced or considered at a fiscal session or an 19
703	703	extraordinary session of the General Assembly unless the introduction and 20
704	704	consideration of the bill is first approved by a two -thirds (2/3) vote of the 21
705	705	full membership of each house of the General Assembly. 22
706	706	38.(q)(1) The following proposed legislation to be co nsidered by the 23
707	707	General Assembly at a regular session shall be introduced in the General 24
708	708	Assembly during the first thirty -one (31) calendar days of a regular session: 25
709	709	(A) A bill that creates a new scholarship to be funded 26
710	710	with net proceeds from the sta te lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund 27
711	711	Account, as applicable; and 28
712	712	(B) A bill that affects an existing scholarship that is 29
713	713	funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education 30
714	714	Grants Fund Account, as applicable. 31
715	715	(2)(A) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net 32
716	716	proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, 33
717	717	as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net 34
718	718	proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, 35
719	719	as applicable, shall not be introduced after the thirty -first day of a 36 HR1001
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722	722
723	723
724	724	regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three -fourths 1
725	725	(3/4) vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assem bly. 2
726	726	(B) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three 3
727	727	(3) consecutive days during the first thirty -one (31) days of a regular 4
728	728	session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time 5
729	729	period equal to the recess. 6
730	730	(3) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net 7
731	731	proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, 8
732	732	as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net 9
733	733	proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Educ ation Grants Fund Account, 10
734	734	as applicable, shall not be introduced or considered at a special session or 11
735	735	fiscal session of the General Assembly unless the introduction or 12
736	736	consideration of the bill is first approved by a two -thirds (2/3) vote of the 13
737	737	full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly. 14
738	738	38.(p) (r) “Fiscal impact statement” means a realistic statement of the 15
739	739	estimated financial cost of implementing or complying with a proposed law 16
740	740	regarding: 17
741	741	(1) Municipalities; 18
742	742	(2) Counties; 19
743	743	(3) Education, as related to the State of Arkansas and local 20
744	744	school districts grades kindergarten through twelve (K -12); 21
745	745	(4) Corrections, if imposing new or additional costs and 22
746	746	restrictions on inmate population patterns or affecting programs or services 23
747	747	of the Department of Correction; or 24
748	748	(5) Lottery, if amending Arkansas Code, Title 23, Chapter 115 or 25
749	749	imposing a new or increased cost to the Arkansas Lottery Commission Office of 26
750	750	the Arkansas Lottery or a lottery; 27
751	751	(6) Health benefit plans, if imposing a new or increased cost 28
752	752	obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an 29
753	753	entity of the state; or 30
754	754	(7) New or existing scholarships to be funded with net proceeds 31
755	755	from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as 32
756	756	applicable. 33
757	757	38.(q) (s) When any House or Senate bill requiring an expenditure of 34
758	758	public funds or otherwise imposing a new or increased cost obligation is 35
759	759	pending before any committee of the House of Representatives, any member of 36 HR1001
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762	762
763	763
764	764	the committee may request t hat a fiscal impact statement for such bill be 1
765	765	placed on the desk of each member of the committee before the bill is called 2
766	766	up for final action in the committee. If such request is made, the 3
767	767	chairperson of the committee shall refer the bill to the appropri ate state 4
768	768	agency or to the legislative staff for the preparation of a fiscal impact 5
769	769	statement, to be returned to the committee in writing not later than five (5) 6
770	770	days from the date of the request. 7
771	771	38.(r)(t) Any time before a bill requiring an expenditur e of public 8
772	772	funds or otherwise imposing a new or increased cost obligation is read for 9
773	773	the third time in the House of Representatives, any member of the House may 10
774	774	request and the Speaker shall direct that a fiscal impact statement for the 11
775	775	bill be prepared and placed on the desk of each member not later than five 12
776	776	(5) days from the date of the request. 13
777	777	38.(s) (u) Fiscal impact statements shall be made available to House 14
778	778	Committees: 15
779	779	(1) At least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for 16
780	780	final action in the House Committee during a regular legislative session or 17
781	781	fiscal session of the General Assembly; and 18
782	782	(2) At least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for 19
783	783	final action in the House Committee during a special session of the General 20
784	784	Assembly. 21
785	785	Fiscal impact statements shall be made available to the full House of 22
786	786	Representatives at least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for 23
787	787	third reading and final action in the House of Representatives. 24
788	788	38.(t)(v)(1) Failure Except for bills imp osing a new or increased cost 25
789	789	obligation for health benefit plans on an entity of the state or bills 26
790	790	regarding new or existing scholarships to be funded with net proceeds from 27
791	791	the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund, failure of the sponsor 28
792	792	of a bill to provide the fiscal impact statement required in this rule shall 29
793	793	not prohibit the consideration of it in the committee to which referred or on 30
794	794	the Floor of the House of Representatives, if no objection to it is made at 31
795	795	the time such action is tak en. 32
796	796	(2)(A) A bill filed in the House of Representatives that 33
797	797	will impose a new or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, 34
798	798	including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state shall: 35
799	799	(i) Have a fiscal impact statement attached to 36 HR1001
800	800
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802	802
803	803
804	804	the bill prepared and filed with the chair of the committee to which the bill 1
805	805	is referred; and 2
806	806	(ii) Not be taken up by the committee to which 3
807	807	the bill is referred until a fiscal impact statement is provided to the chair 4
808	808	of the committee. 5
809	809	(B) If a bill is called up for final passage in the 6
810	810	House of Representatives and a fiscal impact statement has not been provided 7
811	811	by the sponsor of the bill or by the committee to which the bill was 8
812	812	referred, a member of the House of Representatives may object to th e bill’s 9
813	813	being called up for final passage until a fiscal impact statement is prepared 10
814	814	and made available on the desk of each member of the House of Representatives 11
815	815	at least one (1) day before the bill is called up for final passage. 12
816	816	(C) An affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of a 13
817	817	quorum present and voting shall override the objection. 14
818	818	(D) If an objection is made without override, the 15
819	819	presiding officer of the House of Representatives shall cause the bill to be 16
820	820	referred to an actuary for the prepa ration of a fiscal impact statement, 17
821	821	which shall be filed with the presiding officer not later than five (5) days 18
822	822	from the date of the request. 19
823	823	(3)(A) Any bill filed with the House of Representatives 20
824	824	that creates a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state 21
825	825	lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or 22
826	826	affects an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the 23
827	827	state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, 24
828	828	shall: 25
829	829	(i) Have a lottery fiscal impact statement 26
830	830	attached to it that is in the form set forth in Arkansas Code § 6 -85-502; and 27
831	831	(ii) Not be taken up by the House Committee on 28
832	832	Education and the Senate Committee on Education meeting jointly, until a 29
833	833	lottery fiscal impact statement is attached. 30
834	834	39.(a) The first reading of a bill shall be for information and unless 31
835	835	otherwise ordered by the House, it shall be placed on the second reading 32
836	836	calendar. (Every bill shall be read at length on three different days in 33
837	837	each house, unless the rules be suspended by two -thirds (2/3) of the House, 34
838	838	when the same may be read a second or third time on the same day; (Arkansas 35
839	839	Constitution, Article 5, § 22 - Passage of bills.) 36 HR1001
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844	844	39.(b) No bill shall be read and considered either a first, second or 1
845	845	third time which does not contain a bill number, at least one author, a title 2
846	846	expressing the main contents of the bill, a subtitle, an enacting clause and 3
847	847	at least one section which shall be expressed in the title and the subtitle. 4
848	848	The Speaker shall not entertain a motion to suspend this rule. 5
849	849	39.(c)(1) "Shell bill" means a bill, typically with no substantive 6
850	850	provisions, that is introduced for purposes of later being amended to include 7
851	851	the actual legislative proposals advanced by the sponsor and within the 8
852	852	subject matter of the title of the shell bill. 9
853	853	(2) After a bill has been read for the first time, the 10
854	854	Speaker may declare a bill to be a shell bill and refer the shell bill to the 11
855	855	House Committee on the Journal; Engrossed and Enr olled Bills. 12
856	856	(3) Notwithstanding House Rule 40.(d), shell bills may be 13
857	857	amended after first reading with a substantive amendment under the process of 14
858	858	members amending their own bills with their own amendments. If the Committee 15
859	859	on the Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills determines that the shell bill 16
860	860	has been substantively amended and engrossed and no longer meets the 17
861	861	definition of a shell bill, it shall report its determination to the Speaker. 18
862	862	The Speaker shall then direct the Clerk to read the bill a second time and 19
863	863	assign the bill to committee. 20
864	864	40. Second reading 21
865	865	40.(a) A bill shall be read a second time and the Speaker shall assign 22
866	866	the bill to its appropriate committee. 23
867	867	40.(b) A bill or resolution may not be divided for assignment to 24
868	868	committee although it may contain certain matters properly within the 25
869	869	jurisdiction of several committees. 26
870	870	40.(c) Before consideration by a committee, any representative may 27
871	871	attach an amendment to the bill which shall be referred to the committee with 28
872	872	the bill, without debate. It is the author’s responsibility to have the 29
873	873	amendment properly numbered by the Bill Clerk, not the committee staff. An 30
874	874	amendment must be properly filed by the author and properly numbered by the 31
875	875	Bill Clerk prior to being voted on by the House. 32
876	876	40.(d) In order to amend a bill, it shall be necessary to adopt a 33
877	877	motion to place the bill back on second reading for the purpose of submitting 34
878	878	an amendment. 35
879	879	40.(e) When a bill has a committee recommendation, it is the author’s 36 HR1001
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884	884	responsibility to place the bill on the calendar for consideration. 1
885	885	41.(a) A bill shall not be called for a third reading and final 2
886	886	passage until a photocopied, printed copy, or electronic copy of same shall 3
887	887	have been placed on every representative’s desk for twenty -four (24) hours. 4
888	888	The twenty-four (24) hour period begins when a bill is initially 5
889	889	introduced and read across the desk. 6
890	890	41.(b) A bill shall not be placed on a committee agenda until the 7
891	891	second calendar day following the initial filing of the bill. 8
892	892	42. A calendar of bills and resolutions to be considered in the order 9
893	893	of business during any legislative day shall be printed and placed on the 10
894	894	members’ desks prior to the adjournment of the preceding legislative day. 11
895	895	Calendared items are considered to be a moti on for passage. 12
896	896	43. A bill ordered to be engrossed or enrolled shall be typed or 13
897	897	photocopied. 14
898	898	44. A bill having been rejected may not be brought up again during the 15
899	899	same legislative session unless it be an appropriation bill. Appropriation 16
900	900	bills may be considered a total of two times during any calendar day. 17
901	901	Following a second consideration during the same calendar day, a motion to 18
902	902	reconsider or a motion to expunge must be adopted before an appropriation 19
903	903	bill may be considered. 20
904	904	45.(a) When a bill ha s been passed and transmitted to the Senate, it 21
905	905	may be recalled from the Senate by the same vote that was necessary to pass 22
906	906	the bill. 23
907	907	45.(b) When a bill has been passed and transmitted to the Governor's 24
908	908	Office, it may be recalled from the Governor's Offi ce by the same vote that 25
909	909	was necessary to pass the bill. 26
910	910	46. A committee may receive a bill, resolution, amendment, petition 27
911	911	and memorial only through the House, and the House may receive same only 28
912	912	through a member. (Art.5, Sec. 34 -- No new bill shall be introduced into 29
913	913	either house during the last three days of a regular or fiscal session.) 30
914	914	47. Amendments to bills and resolutions: 31
915	915	47.(a) When a bill or resolution is under consideration, amendments 32
916	916	shall be in order. Upon adoption, amendments shall become a part of the bill 33
917	917	or resolution. Amendments to amendments may not be offered. All amendments 34
918	918	offered before the House or one of its committees must be typewritten on an 35
919	919	approved amendment form and signed by the sponsor. All amendments shall be 36 HR1001
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923	923
924	924	attached to the original bill, numbered by the Bill Clerk, and shall be 1
925	925	placed physically or electronically upon the members’ desks before being 2
926	926	acted upon by the House. 3
927	927	47.(b) When a House bill has been amended in the Senate, upon return 4
928	928	of said bill to the House, the Speaker shall re -refer the bill, together with 5
929	929	the Senate amendment(s), to the committee to which the bill was originally 6
930	930	referred, for review. Concurrence in the Senate amendment shall not be 7
931	931	considered by the House until the committee rep ort is received by the House. 8
932	932	When a House bill is amended and passed by the Senate and is returned to the 9
933	933	House, the bill shall be reprinted with the Senate amendments included 10
934	934	therein and specifically identified and shall be placed on each member’s desk 11
935	935	before final action is taken on the bill by the House. When the Senate 12
936	936	amendment is before the House, the same number of votes will be required to 13
937	937	concur in the Senate amendment as was required in the original passage of the 14
938	938	bill in the House. Amendment s containing an emergency clause require sixty -15
939	939	seven (67) votes. 16
940	940	47.(c) Fifty-one (51) votes shall be required to adopt a House 17
941	941	amendment to a House or Senate bill. When a House bill has been amended in 18
942	942	the House, it shall not be acted upon until it has been engrossed and such 19
943	943	engrossed bill has been printed and placed on each member’s desk. 20
944	944	47.(d) Every amendment proposed must be germane to the subject of the 21
945	945	proposition to be amended. 22
946	946	47.(e) All appropriation bills and other bills which are require d to 23
947	947	be submitted to the Budget Committee, or to another designated committee of 24
948	948	the House and Senate, which are amended on the Floor of either House of the 25
949	949	General Assembly by an amendment which was not recommended favorably by the 26
950	950	Budget Committee, or by any other committee of the House and Senate to which 27
951	951	referred, shall be re -referred to such committee of the House and Senate for 28
952	952	consideration and recommendation before said bill may be considered for final 29
953	953	passage or concurrence by the House of Represen tatives. 30
954	954	47.(f) Members’ own House bills and Senate bills on which a House 31
955	955	member is the lead sponsor may be amended with their own amendments beginning 32
956	956	at a specific time set aside by the House. Senate bills may be amended in 33
957	957	accordance with the applic able rules provided for amending members' own House 34
958	958	bills with their own amendments. 35
959	959	47.(g) Members’ own amendments to their own House bills and Senate 36 HR1001
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964	964	bills with House sponsors must be signed only by the sponsor of the bill 1
965	965	whose name is listed first in the list of sponsors. 2
966	966	47.(h) Members’ own amendments to their own House bills and Senate 3
967	967	bills on which there are House sponsors must be presented to the House Bill 4
968	968	Clerk only by the sponsor of the House or Senate bill whose name is listed 5
969	969	first in the list of sponsors. 6
970	970	47.(i) After acceptance, the House Bill Clerk shall furnish the 7
971	971	sponsor with a stamped and numbered copy of the members’ signed amendment. 8
972	972	47.(j) The sponsor shall present a stamped, numbered and signed copy 9
973	973	of a proposed amendment to the Calendar Clerk in order to have the bill and 10
974	974	amendment placed on the “Members’ Own Bill/Own Amendment Calendar”. 11
975	975	47.(k) A House or Senate bill to be amended by a member with his or 12
976	976	her own amendment shall only be placed on the “Members’ Own Bill/Own 13
977	977	Amendment Calendar” by the sponsor whose name is listed first on the bill. 14
978	978	47.(l) An objection by any member, written or oral, to the Speaker of 15
979	979	the House or his or her designee, shall cause a member’s own amendment to his 16
980	980	or her own bill to not be cons idered and to be removed from the “Members’ Own 17
981	981	Bill/Own Amendment Calendar” and automatically placed on the same day’s 18
982	982	regular amendment calendar for consideration. 19
983	983	47.(m) A member’s own House bill or Senate bill amended with a 20
984	984	member’s own amendment sh all be transmitted directly to Engrossing after 21
985	985	having been amended. 22
986	986	47.(n) No House or Senate bills having been amended shall be 23
987	987	considered by any committee or the full House until such bills have been 24
988	988	engrossed, proofed and reported “correctly engrosse d”. The Speaker or 25
989	989	presiding officer shall not accept a motion to suspend this rule. 26
990	990	47.(o) Members’ own House bills or Senate bills to be amended with 27
991	991	their own amendments shall be placed on the “Members’ Own Bill/Own Amendment 28
992	992	Calendar” no later than 4:30 p.m. the day preceding the day they are to be 29
993	993	considered. 30
994	994	47.(p) When a bill has a committee recommendation and is subsequently 31
995	995	amended to change the title, and/or the list of sponsors and/or an emergency 32
996	996	clause, such amendment shall not cause the b ill to be re-referred to 33
997	997	committee. 34
998	998	47.(q) Members’ own House bills may be withdrawn at a specific time 35
999	999	set aside by the House by placing them on the “Withdrawal Calendar” no later 36 HR1001
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1004	1004	than 4:30 p.m., the day preceding the day they are to be withdrawn. House 1
1005	1005	bills for withdrawal may be placed on the “Withdrawal Calendar” only by the 2
1006	1006	member whose name is listed first as author of the bill. The member 3
1007	1007	requesting withdrawal may recommend the bill to be studied by the same 4
1008	1008	committee to which the bill was assigne d at the time of request for 5
1009	1009	withdrawal. 6
1010	1010	47.(r) The Speaker of the House at a specific time set aside by the 7
1011	1011	House may transfer to another committee bills or resolutions by placing them 8
1012	1012	on the “Re-referral Calendar” no later than 4:30 p.m. the day before they are 9
1013	1013	to be transferred. 10
1014	1014	47.(s) Budget bills sponsored by members but recommended to be amended to 11
1015	1015	delete the sponsor and substitute the Joint Budget Committee as sponsor may 12
1016	1016	be amended during the period set aside to amend "Members Own Bills with thei r 13
1017	1017	Own Amendments". 14
1018	1018	47.(t) The Rules governing members amending their own bills with their 15
1019	1019	own amendments shall be in effect for House and Senate Budget bills so far as 16
1020	1020	they are applicable. 17
1021	1021	47.(u) Budget bills to be amended deleting the sponsor and 18
1022	1022	substituting the Joint Budget Committee shall be placed on the Joint Budget 19
1023	1023	Calendar by the Joint Budget Calendar Clerk. 20
1024	1024	47.(v) The House Chairman of the Joint Budget Committee shall sign all 21
1025	1025	amendments deleting the sponsor and substituting the Joint Budget Committee 22
1026	1026	as sponsor. 23
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1028	1028	RESOLUTIONS 25
1029	1029	48. Resolutions shall follow the same procedure as bills. 26
1030	1030	49. A House resolution shall be directed at some matter for the sole 27
1031	1031	action of the House and may be introduced in extraordinary sessions, lack of 28
1032	1032	germaneness notwithstanding. Fifty -one (51) votes shall be required to adopt 29
1033	1033	a House resolution. 30
1034	1034	50. Joint resolutions are for incidental, unusual, or informal 31
1035	1035	objectives of legislation (i.e., as extending the thanks of the State to 32
1036	1036	individuals; invitations to celeb rities to visit the State), or to submit 33
1037	1037	proposed amendments to the United States Constitution, ratifying United 34
1038	1038	States Constitutional amendments and proposing amendments to the Arkansas 35
1039	1039	Constitution. 36 HR1001
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1044	1044	51. Concurrent resolutions shall be a means of expres sing fact, 1
1045	1045	principles, opinions, purposes, and all other matters requiring concurrence 2
1046	1046	of both houses except the subject matter provided for in the joint 3
1047	1047	resolution. A concurrent resolution is binding on neither house until agreed 4
1048	1048	to by both. 5
1049	1049	52. Resolutions of Inquiry: 6
1050	1050	52.(a) All resolutions of inquiry addressed to the heads of executive 7
1051	1051	departments shall be reported to the House within one (1) week after 8
1052	1052	presentation. 9
1053	1053	52.(b) A House resolution authorizing a committee to request 10
1054	1054	information is treated as a resolution of inquiry. 11
1055	1055	52.(c) A resolution of inquiry from a committee shall have a 12
1056	1056	privileged status to report. 13
1057	1057	14
1058	1058	STANDING, SELECT, AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES 15
1059	1059	(Arkansas Code, Title 10, Subchapter 2 -- Interim Committees Generally) 16
1060	1060	53. The committees of the House of Representatives shall consist of 17
1061	1061	ten (10) standing committees, seven (7) select committees, and three (3) 18
1062	1062	special committees. The standing committees shall be five (5) Class "A" 19
1063	1063	committees and five (5) Class "B" committees. The sev en (7) select 20
1064	1064	committees shall be five (5) joint select committees and two (2) House select 21
1065	1065	committees. The three (3) special committees shall be two (2) joint 22
1066	1066	committees and one (1) House committee. The House standing, joint select, 23
1067	1067	select and special c ommittees are as follows: 24
1068	1068	53.(a) HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES 25
1069	1069	Class "A" Committees 26
1070	1070	Education 27
1071	1071	Judiciary 28
1072	1072	Public Health, Welfare and Labor 29
1073	1073	Public Transportation 30
1074	1074	Revenue and Taxation 31
1075	1075	Class "B" Committees 32
1076	1076	Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Mili tary Affairs 33
1077	1077	Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development 34
1078	1078	City, County and Local Affairs 35
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1084	1084	State Agencies and Governmental Affairs 1
1085	1085	53.(b) JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES 2
1086	1086	(1) Joint Budget -- (to consist of twenty four (24) members of the 3
1087	1087	House and twenty four (24) members of the Senate, and the immediate past co -4
1088	1088	chairs of the Legislative Council and ex -officio members in accordance with 5
1089	1089	Arkansas Code § 10-3-502. (Arkansas Code, Subchapter 5, -- Joint Budget 6
1090	1090	Committee) The House members of the Joint Budget Committee shall be known as 7
1091	1091	the House Budget Committee. 8
1092	1092	(2) Joint Committee on Energy -- (to consist of fifteen (15) members 9
1093	1093	of the House, fifteen (15) House alternates, and ten (10) members of the 10
1094	1094	Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, Subchapter 8 -- Energy Committees.) 11
1095	1095	(3) Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security 12
1096	1096	Programs -- (to consist of ten (10) members of the House, ten (10) House 13
1097	1097	alternates, and ten (10) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, 14
1098	1098	Subchapter 7 -- Retirement Committees) 15
1099	1099	(4) Joint Performance Review Committee -- (to consist of twenty (20) 16
1100	1100	members of the House and ten (10) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, 17
1101	1101	Title 10, Subchapter 9 -- Joint Performance Review Committees) 18
1102	1102	(5) Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information 19
1103	1103	Technology -- (to consist of ten (10) members of the House, ten (10) House 20
1104	1104	alternates, and seven (7) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, 21
1105	1105	Subchapter 17 -- Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information 22
1106	1106	Technology) 23
1107	1107	53.(c) HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES 24
1108	1108	House Rules Committee shall consist of no more than fifteen (15) 25
1109	1109	members. 26
1110	1110	House Management Committee shall consist of the Speaker and no more 27
1111	1111	than six (6) additional members. 28
1112	1112	53.(d) SPECIAL COMMITTEES 29
1113	1113	(1) Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities -- (to consist 30
1114	1114	of fourteen (14) members of the General Assembly, as follows: 31
1115	1115	53.(d)(1)(a) The chairperson of the House Budget Committee; 32
1116	1116	53.(d)(1)(b) Two (2) members of the House of Rep resentatives appointed 33
1117	1117	by the Speaker; 34
1118	1118	53.(d)(1)(c) The chairperson of the House Management Committee and two 35
1119	1119	(2) additional members of the House Management Committee to be designated by 36 HR1001
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1124	1124	its chairperson; 1
1125	1125	53.(d)(1)(d) The Speaker of the House of Represe ntatives or his or her 2
1126	1126	designee; and 3
1127	1127	53.(d)(1)(e) Seven (7) members of the Senate to be named by the Senate 4
1128	1128	Committee on Committees. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, Subchapter 11 -- Joint 5
1129	1129	Interim Committee on Legislative Facilities) 6
1130	1130	53.(2) House Committee on the Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills 7
1131	1131	shall consist of not more than five (5) members. The House Committee on the 8
1132	1132	Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills shall not be considered a standing or 9
1133	1133	select committee. The committee shall consist of the Speake r of the House of 10
1134	1134	Representatives or his or her designee who shall be chairperson, the 11
1135	1135	chairperson of the House Rules Committee who shall be the vice chairperson, 12
1136	1136	the chairperson of the House Management Committee, and two (2) members of the 13
1137	1137	House appointed by the Speaker of the House; and, the House Parliamentarian 14
1138	1138	shall serve as secretary and advisor to the committee. The chairperson of the 15
1139	1139	committee shall receive an allowance in accordance with Arkansas Code § 10 -2-16
1140	1140	215. 17
1141	1141	53.(3) Joint Committee on Legisla tive Printing Requirements and 18
1142	1142	Specifications -- (to consist of the chairperson and vice chairperson of the 19
1143	1143	House Management Committee, the chairperson and vice chairperson of the 20
1144	1144	Senate Efficiency Committee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or 21
1145	1145	his or her designee and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (Arkansas 22
1146	1146	Code, Title 10, Subchapter 6 -- Joint Committee on Legislative Printing 23
1147	1147	Requirements and Specifications) 24
1148	1148	54.(a) STANDING COMMITTEES 25
1149	1149	54.(a)(1) Selection of membership positions on House committees for 26
1150	1150	members-elect shall take place during the caucus of the entire House of 27
1151	1151	Representatives-elect following the November General Election. 28
1152	1152	54.(a)(2) Each standing committee shall consist of twenty (20) 29
1153	1153	members. Each member of the Hou se of Representatives shall serve on two (2) 30
1154	1154	standing committees, one (1) of which shall be a Class “A” standing committee 31
1155	1155	and one (1) of which shall be a Class “B” standing committee. A member may 32
1156	1156	not serve on more than one (1) committee of the same clas s. Members of the 33
1157	1157	standing committees shall be selected as follows: 34
1158	1158	(A) Each Class “A” standing committee and each Class “B” 35
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1164	1164	House district caucuses. 1
1165	1165	(B)(i) The most senior member of the House of 2
1166	1166	Representatives shall select first and shall choose a position on a Class “A” 3
1167	1167	standing committee. The next -senior member shall then choose a position on a 4
1168	1168	Class “A” standing committee. The seniority rotation procedure shall 5
1169	1169	continue until the member with the least seniority makes his or her 6
1170	1170	selection. 7
1171	1171	(ii) After the member with the least seniority makes 8
1172	1172	his or her Class “A” standing committee selection, the most senior member 9
1173	1173	shall select his or her Class “B” standing committ ee. The seniority rotation 10
1174	1174	shall continue until the member with the least seniority selects his or her 11
1175	1175	Class “B” standing committee. 12
1176	1176	(C)(i) A member may trade a committee membership with 13
1177	1177	another member. 14
1178	1178	(ii) A trade of committee membership may only occur 15
1179	1179	by the close of business on the day of the committee selection process. 16
1180	1180	(iii) A trade of committee membership shall be in 17
1181	1181	writing and signed by the members who are trading their committee 18
1182	1182	memberships, the trading members’ political caucu s leaders, and the Speaker 19
1183	1183	of the House of Representatives. 20
1184	1184	(iv) Once completed, written and signed 21
1185	1185	documentation of the trade of committee membership shall filed in the House 22
1186	1186	Journal. 23
1187	1187	(D)(i) The Speaker of the House shall have the authority 24
1188	1188	to make adjustments to committee membership following the committee selection 25
1189	1189	process only for the purpose of adjusting the majority to minority party 26
1190	1190	ratio on the standing committees. 27
1191	1191	(ii) The adjustments to committee membership made by 28
1192	1192	the Speaker shall not exceed placing eleven (11) members of the majority 29
1193	1193	party on a twenty (20) member committee. 30
1194	1194	54.(a)(3) Standing committee membership shall be confirmed at the same 31
1195	1195	time that House members are administered the oath of office. 32
1196	1196	54.(a)(4) From within each standing committee there shall be created 33
1197	1197	three (3) permanent subcommittees consisting of eight (8) members. Each 34
1198	1198	member of the House of Representatives shall serve on two (2) permanent 35
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1204	1204	Class “B” standing committee. The Speaker of the House of Representatives and 1
1205	1205	the chairperson of each standing committee shall jointly appoint from the 2
1206	1206	membership of the standing committee six (6) persons for each permanent 3
1207	1207	subcommittee availab le, provided further the chairperson and vice chairperson 4
1208	1208	of each standing committee shall be ex -officio, voting members of each 5
1209	1209	permanent subcommittee created from within their standing committee. The 6
1210	1210	permanent subcommittees of the standing committees may meet after having 7
1211	1211	first obtained prior approval of the standing committee chairperson. 8
1212	1212	54.(a)(5) There shall be no transfers from one standing committee to 9
1213	1213	another or from one permanent subcommittee to another during the biennium 10
1214	1214	following initial bien nial appointment and or confirmation. After selection 11
1215	1215	of standing committee members and permanent subcommittee members, a vacancy 12
1216	1216	occurring on a standing committee or permanent subcommittee during the 13
1217	1217	biennium because of the death, resignation, impeachment expulsion, etc., of a 14
1218	1218	member, shall be temporarily filled by the Speaker of the House of 15
1219	1219	Representatives assigning the newly elected member, for the remainder of the 16
1220	1220	biennium, to the “A” and “B” standing committees, and the permanent 17
1221	1221	subcommittees previou sly held by their predecessor. The newly elected member 18
1222	1222	does not automatically assume a chairmanship or vice -chairmanship, which 19
1223	1223	vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 20
1224	1224	54.(a)(6) A non-returning member of the House of Representatives who 21
1225	1225	has been assigned an office or other premises shall vacate the office or 22
1226	1226	other premises by December 15 following the General Election in the even -23
1227	1227	numbered years; and, by the same date, a returning member shall be prepared 24
1228	1228	to vacate his or her assigned office or premises at the direction of the 25
1229	1229	Speaker. 26
1230	1230	54.(b) SELECT COMMITTEES 27
1231	1231	54.(b)(1) With the exception of the House Budget Committee, the 28
1232	1232	Speaker shall appoint all members and all alternates on all House select 29
1233	1233	committees and all Jo int Select Committees. The Speaker shall appoint ex -30
1234	1234	officio members in accordance with the law. 31
1235	1235	54.(b)(2)(A) Selection of positions on the House Budget Committee 32
1236	1236	shall occur following the Class “A” standing committee and Class “B” standing 33
1237	1237	committee selections and in conjunction with selection of members for the 34
1238	1238	Legislative Council and the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. 35
1239	1239	(B) The most senior member of the House of Representatives 36 HR1001
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1242	1242
1243	1243
1244	1244	shall select first and shall choose a primary or alternate position on the 1
1245	1245	House Budget Committee, the Legislative Council, or the Legislative Joint 2
1246	1246	Auditing Committee. The next -senior member shall then choose a primary or 3
1247	1247	alternate position on the House Budget Committee, the Legislative Council, or 4
1248	1248	the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. The seniority rotation procedure 5
1249	1249	shall continue until the member with the least seniority makes his or her 6
1250	1250	selection or until all primary and alternate positions on th e House Budget 7
1251	1251	Committee, the Legislative Council, or the Legislative Joint Auditing 8
1252	1252	Committee are filled. 9
1253	1253	(C)(i) The Speaker of the House shall have the authority 10
1254	1254	to make adjustments to committee membership following the committee selection 11
1255	1255	process only for the purpose of adjusting the majority to minority ratio on 12
1256	1256	the House Budget Committee, the Legislative Council, and the Legislative 13
1257	1257	Joint Auditing Committee. 14
1258	1258	(ii) The adjustments to committee membership made by 15
1259	1259	the Speaker shall not exceed the minimum necessary to ensure majority party 16
1260	1260	membership exceeds minority party membership on the committees. 17
1261	1261	(iii) Final committee memberships shall be announced 18
1262	1262	no later than the House Orientation held in December before a Regular 19
1263	1263	Session. 20
1264	1264	54.(b)(3) The House Budget Committee shall consist of six (6) members 21
1265	1265	of the House of Representatives and two (2) alternates from each House caucus 22
1266	1266	district. At the time the alternates are selected, one (1) shall be 23
1267	1267	designated as first alternate and the other as s econd alternate. The term of 24
1268	1268	office of the members shall be from January 1 of odd -numbered years through 25
1269	1269	December 31 of the following even -numbered year. Vacancies in either a member 26
1270	1270	or alternate member position shall be filled in the same manner as the 27
1271	1271	initial member or alternate member position was filled. House Budget 28
1272	1272	Committee membership shall be confirmed at the same time that House members 29
1273	1273	are administered the oath of office. Prior to confirmation, however, members 30
1274	1274	chosen to serve on the House Budget Committee shall conduct pre -session 31
1275	1275	budget hearings, either standing alone or in conjunction with the Legislative 32
1276	1276	Council. 33
1277	1277	54.(b)(4) No member of the House of Representatives shall serve on 34
1278	1278	more than one (1) select committee. The Legislative Council, t he Legislative 35
1279	1279	Joint Auditing Committee, the House Budget Committee, the House Committee on 36 HR1001
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1282	1282
1283	1283
1284	1284	the Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, and the House Management Committee 1
1285	1285	are excluded therefrom. 2
1286	1286	54.(c)(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint a 3
1287	1287	chairperson and a vice chairperson of each standing committee and each select 4
1288	1288	committee who shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House of 5
1289	1289	Representatives. The Speaker, in consultation with the chairperson of each 6
1290	1290	standing committee, shall appoint from the membership of each permanent 7
1291	1291	subcommittee, a chairperson and vice chairperson provided however that the 8
1292	1292	vice chairperson of the standing committee may be the chairperson of a 9
1293	1293	permanent subcommittee. No member of the House of Represe ntatives, with the 10
1294	1294	exception of each House standing committee vice chairperson, shall be 11
1295	1295	chairperson or vice chairperson of more than one (1) standing committee, 12
1296	1296	select committee, or permanent subcommittee. 13
1297	1297	54.(c)(2) The rules or proceedings of the Hous e of Representatives 14
1298	1298	shall be observed in all select committees, standing committees, and 15
1299	1299	subcommittees of the House of Representatives so far as the rules or 16
1300	1300	proceedings may be applicable. 17
1301	1301	54.(c)(3) The House Committee on the Journal; Engrossed and Enr olled 18
1302	1302	Bills shall serve as the supervisory committee over the preparation of the 19
1303	1303	Journal and engrossing and enrolling of bills. 20
1304	1304	54.(c)(4) After the membership of a standing committee or a permanent 21
1305	1305	subcommittee is established, no member shall be removed from any standing 22
1306	1306	committee or any permanent subcommittee during the biennium for which he or 23
1307	1307	she was selected. All appointees selected by the Speaker of the House of 24
1308	1308	Representatives serve at his or her discretion. 25
1309	1309	55. Committee Operations. 26
1310	1310	55.(a) Each committee of the House shall be provided a secretary who 27
1311	1311	shall maintain a current record of all bills, resolutions, amendments, 28
1312	1312	petitions, memorials, or other matters filed in committee. A record of 29
1313	1313	committee actions (committee reports, committee adopt ed amendments, etc.) 30
1314	1314	shall be filed with the Chief Clerk of the House as the first priority upon 31
1315	1315	adjournment of the committee. The secretary shall post, on a bulletin board 32
1316	1316	and/or electronically, a current list of all measures pending before the 33
1317	1317	committee. 34
1318	1318	55.(b) All committees shall consider the bills, resolutions, 35
1319	1319	amendments, petitions, and memorials referred to them and make one of the 36 HR1001
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1322	1322
1323	1323
1324	1324	following reports in writing to the House: 1
1325	1325	55.(b)(1) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do pass”; 2
1326	1326	55.(b)(2) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do not pass”, 3
1327	1327	in which event the measure shall not be considered unless the vote is 4
1328	1328	expunged; 5
1329	1329	55.(b)(3) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do pass as 6
1330	1330	amended”. 7
1331	1331	55.(c) No bill, resoluti on, petition or memorial shall be acted upon 8
1332	1332	by the House without a “do pass” or a “do pass as amended” recommendation. 9
1333	1333	No bills shall be placed on the non -controversial calendar or deemed to be 10
1334	1334	non-controversial in any way unless a motion is adopted in t he committee to 11
1335	1335	which the bill was referred. With a quorum present, the motion is considered 12
1336	1336	adopted if there are no negative votes. 13
1337	1337	55.(d) The appropriate subject matter standing committees of the House 14
1338	1338	and the Senate may meet as joint committees whene ver agreed by said 15
1339	1339	committees, for the purposes of holding public hearings or considering any 16
1340	1340	proposed or pending legislation but upon conclusion of the joint meeting of 17
1341	1341	said committees, each standing committee of the House of Representatives and 18
1342	1342	the Senate shall take such action and report to their respective houses as 19
1343	1343	determined by said committees. Whenever the appropriate subject committees 20
1344	1344	of the House and Senate hold hearings or meetings, the chairperson of the 21
1345	1345	House committee and the chairperson of t he Senate committee shall by 22
1346	1346	agreement determine which of them shall preside at the joint meeting. 23
1347	1347	Rules 56-59 [Repealed.] 24
1348	1348	60. Meetings and Hearings: 25
1349	1349	60.(a) All committee and subcommittee meetings including but not 26
1350	1350	limited to hearings at which public testimony is to be taken, (normally 27
1351	1351	called “public hearings”) shall be open to the public (Arkansas Constitution, 28
1352	1352	Article 5, § 13, Sessions to be open.) and shall be scheduled at least 29
1353	1353	eighteen (18) hours in advance; agendas of bills, resolutions, and othe r 30
1354	1354	proposals to be considered at such meetings shall be posted in a designated 31
1355	1355	place at least eighteen (18) hours in advance; but in case of an emergency, a 32
1356	1356	two-thirds (2/3) majority of the membership of the committee may bring bills 33
1357	1357	up for consideration up on notice of not less than two (2) hours. 34
1358	1358	60.(b) Special meetings of a standing committee may be called by the 35
1359	1359	chairperson of the committee or by a majority of the members of the committee 36 HR1001
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1362	1362
1363	1363
1364	1364	for conducting any business of the committee; provided, a special meeting of 1
1365	1365	the committee may not conflict with regularly scheduled meetings of any 2
1366	1366	standing committee; provided further, special meetings shall be subject to 3
1367	1367	the same procedures regarding the publishing of agendas and notices of 4
1368	1368	meetings that apply to reg ular standing committee meetings. 5
1369	1369	60.(c) The Speaker of the House shall establish a schedule of House 6
1370	1370	standing and select committee meetings so as to minimize conflicts. 7
1371	1371	61.(a) All persons wishing to offer testimony to a committee hearing 8
1372	1372	shall be given a reasonable opportunity to do so as determined by a majority 9
1373	1373	of the committee. An oral or written statement shall not be a prerequisite 10
1374	1374	to offer testimony before a committee. 11
1375	1375	61.(b)(1) The committee shall have the opportunity to ask questions of 12
1376	1376	persons offering testimony. 13
1377	1377	61.(b)(2) Electronic devices such as smart phones, tablets or personal 14
1378	1378	computers may be used by participants in debate but during presentations may 15
1379	1379	not be employed for personal communications with outside parties. 16
1380	1380	62. All contested elections cases entertained by the House shall be 17
1381	1381	referred to the Rules Committee which shall make its final recommendation not 18
1382	1382	later than two (2) weeks from the first day of the session. 19
1383	1383	63. No committee shall sit while the House is in session exc ept the 20
1384	1384	Committee on Rules or a Conference Committee, which shall notify the House. 21
1385	1385	64.(a) The following subject areas shall be within the jurisdiction of 22
1386	1386	each of the respective House standing committees: 23
1387	1387	64.(1) Committee on Education – matters pertaining to public 24
1388	1388	kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and adult education, vocational 25
1389	1389	education, vocational -technical schools, vocational rehabilitation, higher 26
1390	1390	education, private educational institutions, similar legislation, and 27
1391	1391	resolutions germane to the subject matter of the committee; 28
1392	1392	64.(2) Committee on Judiciary – matters pertaining to state and local 29
1393	1393	courts, court clerks and stenographers and other employees of the courts, 30
1394	1394	civil and criminal procedures, probate matters, civil and criminal law s, 31
1395	1395	similar matters, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the 32
1396	1396	committee; 33
1397	1397	64.(3) Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor – matters 34
1398	1398	pertaining to public health, mental health, mental retardation, public 35
1399	1399	welfare, human relations and resourc es, environmental affairs, water and air 36 HR1001
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1402	1402
1403	1403
1404	1404	pollution, labor and labor relations, contractors and contracting, similar 1
1405	1405	legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the committee; 2
1406	1406	64.(4) Committee on Public Transportation – matters pertaining to 3
1407	1407	roads and highways, city streets, county roads, road vehicles, highway 4
1408	1408	safety, airports and air transportation, common and contract carriers, mass 5
1409	1409	transit, similar legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter 6
1410	1410	of the committee; 7
1411	1411	64.(5) Committee on Revenue and Taxation – matters pertaining to the 8
1412	1412	levy, increase, reduction, collection, enforcement and administration of 9
1413	1413	taxes and other revenue -producing measures, and resolutions germane to the 10
1414	1414	subject matter of the committee; 11
1415	1415	64.(6) Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and 12
1416	1416	Military Affairs – matters pertaining to the aged, child custody, adoptions, 13
1417	1417	problems of aging; children and youth, military, veterans, legislative 14
1418	1418	affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject ma tter is not germane 15
1419	1419	to the subject matter of any other standing committee and resolutions germane 16
1420	1420	to the subject matter of the committee; 17
1421	1421	64.(7) Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development – 18
1422	1422	matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock, f orestry, industrial 19
1423	1423	development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity and parks, levee and 20
1424	1424	drainage, rivers and harbors, similar legislation and resolutions germane to 21
1425	1425	the subject matter of the committee; 22
1426	1426	64.(8) Committee on City, County and Local A ffairs – matters 23
1427	1427	pertaining to city and municipal affairs, county affairs, local improvement 24
1428	1428	districts, water districts, interlocal government cooperation, similar 25
1429	1429	legislation and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the committee; 26
1430	1430	64.(9) Committee on Insurance and Commerce – matters pertaining to 27
1431	1431	banks and banking, savings and loan associations, stock, bonds, and other 28
1432	1432	securities, securities dealers, insurance, public utilities, partnerships and 29
1433	1433	corporations, home mortgage financing and housing, similar legislation and 30
1434	1434	resolutions germane to the subject matter of the committee; 31
1435	1435	64.(10) Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs – matters 32
1436	1436	pertaining to state government and state agencies, except where the subject 33
1437	1437	matter relates more app ropriately to another committee, proposed amendments 34
1438	1438	to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas or the Federal government, 35
1439	1439	election laws and procedures, Federal and interstate relations, similar 36 HR1001
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1442	1442
1443	1443
1444	1444	legislation, and resolutions germane to the subject matter of the committee; 1
1445	1445	64.(10)(a)(b) The following permanent subcommittees are hereby created 2
1446	1446	from within each standing committee: 3
1447	1447	64.(10)(a)(1)For the House standing committee on Aging, Children and 4
1448	1448	Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs, the following per manent 5
1449	1449	subcommittees are created: 6
1450	1450	(1)(A) Aging 7
1451	1451	(2)(B) Children and Youth 8
1452	1452	(3)(C) Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs 9
1453	1453	64.(10)(a)(2) For the House standing committee on Agriculture, 10
1454	1454	Forestry and Economic Development, the following permanent subcommittees are 11
1455	1455	created: 12
1456	1456	(1)(A) Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources 13
1457	1457	(2)(B) Small Business and Economic Development 14
1458	1458	(3)(C) Parks and Tourism 15
1459	1459	64.(10)(a)(3) For House standing committee on City, County and Local 16
1460	1460	Affairs, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 17
1461	1461	(1)(A) Planning 18
1462	1462	(2)(B) Finance 19
1463	1463	(3)(C) Local Government Personnel 20
1464	1464	64.(10)(a)(4) For the House standing committee on Education, the 21
1465	1465	following permanent subcommittees are created: 22
1466	1466	(1)(A) Early Childhood 23
1467	1467	(2)(B) Kindergarten Through Twelve, Vocational/Technical 24
1468	1468	Institutions 25
1469	1469	(3)(C) Higher Education 26
1470	1470	64.(10)(a)(5) For the House standing committee on Insurance and 27
1471	1471	Commerce, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 28
1472	1472	(1)(A) Financial Institutions 29
1473	1473	(2)(B) Insurance 30
1474	1474	(3)(C) Utilities 31
1475	1475	64.(10)(a)(6) For the House standing committee on Judiciary, the 32
1476	1476	following permanent subcommittees are created: 33
1477	1477	(1)(A) Courts/Civil Law 34
1478	1478	(2)(B) Corrections/Criminal Law 35
1479	1479	(3)(C) Juvenile Justice/Child Support 36 HR1001
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1482	1482
1483	1483
1484	1484	64.(10)(a)(7) For the House standing committee on Public Health, 1
1485	1485	Welfare and Labor, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 2
1486	1486	(1)(A) Human Services 3
1487	1487	(2)(B) Health Services 4
1488	1488	(3)(C) Labor and Environment 5
1489	1489	64.(10)(a)(8) For the House standing committee on Public 6
1490	1490	Transportation, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 7
1491	1491	(1)(A) Motor Vehicle and Highways 8
1492	1492	(2)(B) Public Transportation and Rail 9
1493	1493	(3)(C) Waterways and Aeronautics 10
1494	1494	64.(10)(a)(9) For the House standing committee on Revenue and 11
1495	1495	Taxation, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 12
1496	1496	(1)(A) Sales, Use, Miscellaneous Taxes and Exemptions 13
1497	1497	(2)(B) Income Taxes—Personal and Corporate 14
1498	1498	(3)(C) Complaints and Remediation 15
1499	1499	64.(10)(a)(10) For the House standing committee on State Agencies and 16
1500	1500	Governmental Affairs, the following permanent subcommittees are created: 17
1501	1501	(1)(A) State Agencies and Reorganization 18
1502	1502	(2)(B) Constitutional Issues 19
1503	1503	(3)(C) Elections 20
1504	1504	65.(a) Committee on Rules: 21
1505	1505	65.(a)(1) All proposed action touching the rules, joint rules, and 22
1506	1506	order of business shall be referred to the Committee on Rules. 23
1507	1507	65.(a)(2) It shall always be in order to call up, for consideration, a 24
1508	1508	report from the Committee on Rules. 25
1509	1509	65.(a)(3) The Committee on Rules shall present to the House reports 26
1510	1510	concerning rules, joint rules, and order of business on the third day after 27
1511	1511	convening of the House. The permanent rules shall be adopted by a majority 28
1512	1512	of the members and thereafter they may be changed only by a vote of sixty -29
1513	1513	seven (67) members. 30
1514	1514	65.(a)(4) The Speaker shall refer any matter he or she deems 31
1515	1515	appropriate to the Committee on Rules, including without limitation any 32
1516	1516	matters dealing with alcohol, cigarettes, movies, pornography, tobacco, 33
1517	1517	tobacco products, coin operated amusement devices, vending machines, 34
1518	1518	lobbying, code of ethics, bingo, lotteries, raffles, racing, race tracks, 35
1519	1519	pari-mutuel betting and similar legislation. 36 HR1001
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1523	1523
1524	1524	65.(a)(5) Rules of the preceding General Assembly shall automatically 1
1525	1525	be adopted as temporary rules of the current assembly and may be amended or 2
1526	1526	suspended by a majority vote of the membership. 3
1527	1527	65.(b) House Budget Committee. All appropriation bills coming before 4
1528	1528	the House shall be assigned to and considered by the House Budget Committee. 5
1529	1529	66. No committee shall transact business without a quorum (a majority 6
1530	1530	of the committee membership present). The request for a quorum call is 7
1531	1531	always in order. All final action on bills, and on proposed amendments to 8
1532	1532	bills, shall be decided by a majority vote of the total membership of the 9
1533	1533	committee. Provided, however, that the Speaker of the House shall not be 10
1534	1534	included for the purpose of determining what is a majority of a standing 11
1535	1535	committee, unless present at the time of the vote. A member of the committee 12
1536	1536	must be present at the time of the vote for his or her vote to be counted on 13
1537	1537	any matter considered by the committee (no pairs, no proxies). 14
1538	1538	66.(a) A bill, resolution or amendment in a House committee, having 15
1539	1539	been rejected twice, shall not be placed on the committee calendar again or 16
1540	1540	considered again during the same legislative session unless the vote is 17
1541	1541	expunged (two-thirds of the membership of the committee). The motion to 18
1542	1542	expunge shall be placed by a committee membe r at the bottom of the committee 19
1543	1543	agenda. A bill or resolution may be amended before a second consideration; 20
1544	1544	but, unless expunged, even an amended bill having failed twice shall not be 21
1545	1545	placed on the calendar or considered. 22
1546	1546	67. Upon written request by the author of a bill directed to the 23
1547	1547	chairperson of the committee, a bill shall be considered by the full 24
1548	1548	committee within ten (10) days of the time of such request, but the 25
1549	1549	committees may delay final action on a bill by a majority vote of the 26
1550	1550	committee. 27
1551	1551	68. No bill shall be introduced with a committee as the author of said 28
1552	1552	bill unless that committee has voted unanimously to sponsor the bill. 29
1553	1553	69. Committee Records and Reports: 30
1554	1554	69.(a) The chairperson of each committee of the House shall keep or 31
1555	1555	cause to be kept a separate record for each committee meeting in which there 32
1556	1556	shall be entered: 33
1557	1557	69.(a) 1.(1) The time and place of each hearing and each meeting of 34
1558	1558	the committee. 35
1559	1559	69.(a) 2.(2) The number and title of the bill with one of the 36 HR1001
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1562	1562
1563	1563
1564	1564	following three recomme ndations: “do pass”, “do pass as amended”, or “do not 1
1565	1565	pass”. If a committee recommends a bill “do pass as amended” and any of the 2
1566	1566	amendments recommended by the committee are not adopted on the Floor, the 3
1567	1567	bill shall be re-referred to the same committee for further consideration and 4
1568	1568	recommendation. 5
1569	1569	69.(a) 3.(3) A summary of each bill’s major provision which may be 6
1570	1570	several paragraphs in length in case of major bills or simply the title of 7
1571	1571	the bill in the case of minor bills. 8
1572	1572	69.(a) 4.(4) The reason for the committee’s action on the bill, 9
1573	1573	including a brief minority report, if requested by any two (2) committee 10
1574	1574	members. 11
1575	1575	69.(a) 5.(5) A record of how every member voted on each bill when 12
1576	1576	action is taken by the committee, including votes on a motion to postpon e 13
1577	1577	consideration on the bill and a recorded vote on any other motion, if 14
1578	1578	requested by any two (2) committee members. 15
1579	1579	69.(a) 6.(6) A list of all people testifying before a committee on 16
1580	1580	each bill, the interest that they represent, and an indication of their 17
1581	1581	position on the bill. 18
1582	1582	69.(b) Such records for each separate committee meeting shall be 19
1583	1583	approved by the chairperson before the expiration of a seven (7) day period, 20
1584	1584	with the exception of those records referred to in (a) 1. and 2., hereinabove 21
1585	1585	which shall be filed immediately with the Clerk of the House. 22
1586	1586	69.(c) Other reports may be filed with the Clerk of the House. 23
1587	1587	70. Consent Calendar – Supplemental Calendar. In addition to the 24
1588	1588	regular calendar of the House of Representatives, there shall be a consen t 25
1589	1589	calendar on which shall be placed bills that have been recommended “do pass” 26
1590	1590	by committee, which are deemed by the committee or by the Speaker to be non -27
1591	1591	controversial, and may be used for other non -controversial matters such as 28
1592	1592	resolutions and amendments to bills proposed by the author of the bill, if 29
1593	1593	the Speaker deems such matter to be non -controversial. The Speaker of the 30
1594	1594	House shall maintain the consent calendar. Provided, that a list of bills 31
1595	1595	and other matters on the consent calendar which are to be considered on a 32
1596	1596	particular day shall be circulated among the members of the House of 33
1597	1597	Representatives the day prior to the date on which the consent calendar is to 34
1598	1598	be considered. If as many as five (5) members object to a bill or other 35
1599	1599	matter on the consent calendar being considered as non -controversial, the 36 HR1001
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1603	1603
1604	1604	Speaker of the House shall remove the same from the consent calendar and 1
1605	1605	shall place it on the regular calendar of the House business. When deemed 2
1606	1606	advisable, in addition to the regular calendar and th e consent calendar, the 3
1607	1607	Speaker may provide for a supplemental calendar on which shall be placed 4
1608	1608	bills and resolutions and other matters as requested by the members for 5
1609	1609	consideration. The list of bills, resolutions and other matters on the 6
1610	1610	supplemental calendar for consideration on a particular day shall be 7
1611	1611	circulated among the members of the House. If as many as five (5) members 8
1612	1612	object to a bill, resolution or any other matter on the supplemental calendar 9
1613	1613	the same shall be removed and placed on the regul ar House calendar for 10
1614	1614	consideration consistent with the wishes of the House. No bill or resolution 11
1615	1615	may be placed for consideration on any more than one (1) House calendar, 12
1616	1616	supplemental calendars excepted. 13
1617	1617	71. A vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the elected me mbership of the House 14
1618	1618	of Representatives shall be necessary to remove a bill from a committee. A 15
1619	1619	bill may be reported by a committee at any time as provided by the House 16
1620	1620	Rules except for bills introduced after the fiftieth (50th) day of the 17
1621	1621	Regular Session, or during a special session, which shall, upon written 18
1622	1622	request by the author, be acted on at the next regular meeting of the 19
1623	1623	committee, but committees may delay final action on a bill by a majority vote 20
1624	1624	of the committee. 21
1625	1625	72.(a) Except as provided in s ubsection (b), no action may be taken in 22
1626	1626	the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare and Labor or on the Floor of 23
1627	1627	the House of Representatives on any bill that provides for licensure of any 24
1628	1628	profession, occupation or class of health care providers not cur rently 25
1629	1629	licensed or expands the scope of practice of any profession, occupation, or 26
1630	1630	class of health care providers unless the House Committee on Public Health, 27
1631	1631	Welfare and Labor has initiated a study of the feasibility of such 28
1632	1632	legislation at least thirty (3 0) days prior to convening the next legislative 29
1633	1633	session. 30
1634	1634	72.(b) A bill providing for the licensure of any profession, 31
1635	1635	occupation, or class of health care providers not currently licensed or 32
1636	1636	expanding the scope of any practice of any profession, occupatio n, or class 33
1637	1637	of health care providers may be acted upon without the initiation of a 34
1638	1638	feasibility study required in subsection (a) upon a two -thirds (2/3) vote of 35
1639	1639	the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee membership. 36 HR1001
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1642	1642
1643	1643
1644	1644	1
1645	1645	COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 2
1646	1646	73. All measures involving a tax or an appropriation of money, or 3
1647	1647	property, may be first considered in a Committee of the Whole, amendments can 4
1648	1648	be offered in the Committee of the Whole. 5
1649	1649	74. The Speaker of the House, in setting the calendar of budgets or 6
1650	1650	appropriation bills to be considered in the House shall, from time to time, 7
1651	1651	confer with the chairperson of the House Budget Committee on the 8
1652	1652	appropriation bills pending and may designate specific days or times to be 9
1653	1653	set aside in the House to be devoted solely t o consideration of appropriation 10
1654	1654	bills and other budget matters. At least by the end of business on the 11
1655	1655	previous day before any appropriation bill is to be considered by the House, 12
1656	1656	the chairperson of the House Budget Committee shall cause to be prepared a nd 13
1657	1657	placed on each member’s desk a listing of appropriation bills to be 14
1658	1658	considered in the Committee of the Whole or the House, broken down as 15
1659	1659	follows: 16
1660	1660	74.(a) Appropriation bills sponsored by the Joint Budget Committee or 17
1661	1661	the House Budget Committee, prepar ed in accordance with Legislative Council 18
1662	1662	recommendations; 19
1663	1663	74.(b) All other appropriation bills sponsored by the Joint Budget 20
1664	1664	Committee or the House Budget Committee which were not considered by the 21
1665	1665	Legislative Council; 22
1666	1666	74.(c) Bills introduced by membe rs of the House (or Senate) that shall 23
1667	1667	have been recommended by the Joint Budget Committee or the House Budget 24
1668	1668	Committee “do pass” or “do pass as amended”; and 25
1669	1669	74.(d) Appropriation bills amended in the Senate without Joint Budget 26
1670	1670	Committee or House Budge t Committee action. The aforementioned list of 27
1671	1671	appropriation bills shall include the number of the bill, the author of the 28
1672	1672	bill, and the name and agency and/or program for which the appropriation is 29
1673	1673	to be made. In the event the Joint Budget Committee or the House Budget 30
1674	1674	Committee recommendations in regard to the appropriation shall differ, in any 31
1675	1675	respect, from the recommendations made by the Legislative Council in regard 32
1676	1676	thereto, said list shall identify each such change in the appropriation bill 33
1677	1677	which differs from the recommendation of the Legislative Council. 34
1678	1678	75. In forming a Committee of the Whole House, the Speaker may leave 35
1679	1679	his or her chair after appointing a chairperson to preside, who shall have 36 HR1001
1680	1680
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1682	1682
1683	1683
1684	1684	the same power as the Speaker to preserve order. A majority of a quorum is 1
1685	1685	required to resolve the House into a Committee of the Whole. 2
1686	1686	76. When the House resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole, 3
1687	1687	non-members who are to participate in the matters to be discussed may be 4
1688	1688	invited into the House Chamb ers by the proponents or opponents of the 5
1689	1689	proposals to be discussed but all such non -members shall leave at the time 6
1690	1690	the committee arises. 7
1691	1691	77. A Committee of the Whole cannot report a measure without a quorum 8
1692	1692	of its members present. 9
1693	1693	78. The rules and proceedings of the House shall be observed in 10
1694	1694	Committee of the Whole House so far as they may be applicable. Decisions 11
1695	1695	will be made by voice or standing votes. 12
1696	1696	79. No motion which has as its effect the limiting of debate in the 13
1697	1697	Committee of the Whole sh all be entertained by the chairperson. The motion 14
1698	1698	for the disposition of any matter referred to the committee shall be, “Mr. or 15
1699	1699	Madam Chair, I move the committee do now rise and report”. If the committee 16
1700	1700	had no specific report, the motion should be to ri se and report progress. 17
1701	1701	18
1702	1702	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING COMMITTEE 19
1703	1703	80. Legislative Council. 20
1704	1704	80.(a)(1) The House of Representatives shall select twenty (20) 21
1705	1705	members to serve on the Legislative Council, to include five (5) members from 22
1706	1706	each of the four (4) House district caucuses, in the manner set forth in Rule 23
1707	1707	54.(b) of these rules. 24
1708	1708	80.(a)(2) The Speaker shall select one (1) of their number as 25
1709	1709	Legislative Council co -chair and one (1) of their number as Legislative 26
1710	1710	Council co-vice-chair. No more than two (2) members selected from each caucus 27
1711	1711	shall reside within the same county. The term of office of the members shall 28
1712	1712	be from January 1 of odd-numbered years to December 31 of the following even -29
1713	1713	numbered year. Legislative Council membership shall be confirmed at the same 30
1714	1714	time that House members are administered the oath of office. 31
1715	1715	80.(b) In order that there may be no House vacancies on the 32
1716	1716	Legislative Council at any time, at the time of selection of the House 33
1717	1717	members to the Legislative Co uncil, there shall be selected from each House 34
1718	1718	Caucus District in the same manner as is set forth in Rule 54.(b) of these 35
1719	1719	rules, a first alternate and a second alternate for each member selected from 36 HR1001
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1722	1722
1723	1723
1724	1724	that district. In the event that any House member or Hou se alternate of the 1
1725	1725	Legislative Council resigns from the Legislative Council, is disqualified 2
1726	1726	from serving on the Legislative Council, dies, or for any other reason there 3
1727	1727	becomes a permanent vacancy in a House position on the Legislative Council, 4
1728	1728	the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall select from the same House 5
1729	1729	caucus district a replacement member or alternate to serve the remainder of 6
1730	1730	the term. When a vacancy occurs in a House member position on the Legislative 7
1731	1731	Council or a House alternate posit ion on the Legislative Council, that 8
1732	1732	person’s alternate shall serve until a new member is chosen. The Speaker of 9
1733	1733	the House of Representatives shall notify the Legislative Council chairperson 10
1734	1734	of all changes in membership on the Legislative Council. 11
1735	1735	80.(c) Ex-officio members shall be selected in accordance with 12
1736	1736	Arkansas Code § 10-3-301. 13
1737	1737	81. Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. 14
1738	1738	81.(a) The House of Representatives shall select twenty (20) members to 15
1739	1739	serve on the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, to include five (5) 16
1740	1740	members from each of the four (4) House District Caucuses, in the manner set 17
1741	1741	forth in Rule 54.(b) of these rules. Following the selections, the Speaker 18
1742	1742	of the House of Representatives shall select one (1) of their number as 19
1743	1743	Legislative Joint Auditing Committee co -chair and one (1) of their number as 20
1744	1744	Legislative Joint Auditing Committee co -vice-chair. No more than two (2) 21
1745	1745	members shall reside within the same county. The term of office of the 22
1746	1746	members shall be from January 1 of odd -numbered years to December 31 of the 23
1747	1747	following even-numbered year. Legislative Joint Auditing Committee membership 24
1748	1748	shall be confirmed at the same time that House members are administered the 25
1749	1749	oath of office. 26
1750	1750	81.(b) In order that there may be no House vacancies on the 27
1751	1751	Legislative Joint Auditing Committee at any time, at the time of selection of 28
1752	1752	the House members to the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee there shall be 29
1753	1753	selected, from each House Caucus District in the same manner as is set forth 30
1754	1754	in Rule 54.(b) of these rules, a first alternate and a second alternate for 31
1755	1755	each member selected from that House caucus district. In the event that any 32
1756	1756	House member or House alternate of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee 33
1757	1757	resigns from the Legislative Joint Auditing Com mittee, is disqualified from 34
1758	1758	serving on the Committee, dies, or for any other reason there becomes a 35
1759	1759	permanent vacancy in a House position on the Legislative Joint Auditing 36 HR1001
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1762	1762
1763	1763
1764	1764	Committee, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall select from the 1
1765	1765	same House caucus district a replacement member or alternate to serve the 2
1766	1766	remainder of the term. When a vacancy occurs in a House member position on 3
1767	1767	the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee or a House alternate position on the 4
1768	1768	Legislative Joint Auditing Committe e, that person’s alternate shall serve 5
1769	1769	until a new member is chosen. The Speaker of the House of Representatives 6
1770	1770	shall notify the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee chairperson of all 7
1771	1771	changes in membership on the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee. 8
1772	1772	81.(c) Ex-officio members shall be selected in accordance with 9
1773	1773	Arkansas Code §§ 10-3-403 and 10-3-404. 10
1774	1774	11
1775	1775	CAUCUS DISTRICTS 12
1776	1776	82. Each of the four caucuses shall select from among the members of 13
1777	1777	the caucus a chairperson. 14
1778	1778	The First Caucus District shall be co mposed of the following House of 15
1779	1779	Representatives Districts: 11; 12; 13; 14; 43; 47; 48; 49; 50; 51; 52; 53; 16
1780	1780	54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 60; 61; 62; 63; 64; 83; and 100 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 27, 17
1781	1781	28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, a nd 68. 18
1782	1782	The Second Caucus District shall be composed of the following House of 19
1783	1783	Representatives Districts: 23; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 20
1784	1784	38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 44; 45; 46; 65; 66; 67; 70; and 72 41, 42, 43, 54, 55, 21
1785	1785	56, 57, 58, 59, 66, 67, 69 , 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 22
1786	1786	and 83. 23
1787	1787	The Third Caucus District shall be composed of the following House of 24
1788	1788	Representatives Districts: 68; 71; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 80; 81; 84; 85; 86; 25
1789	1789	87; 88; 89; 90; 91; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; and 99 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 26
1790	1790	13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 47, 48, 49, 50, and 27
1791	1791	51. 28
1792	1792	The Fourth Caucus District shall be composed of the following House of 29
1793	1793	Representatives Districts: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 15; 16; 17; 18; 30
1794	1794	19; 20; 21; 22; 24; 25; 26; 69; 73; 74; and 82 29, 44, 45, 46, 52, 53, 65, 31
1795	1795	80, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100 . 32
1796	1796	33
1797	1797	DEBATE 34
1798	1798	83. When a representative desires to speak or to have the attention of 35
1799	1799	the House, he or she shall rise from his or her seat and respectfully address 36 HR1001
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1802	1802
1803	1803
1804	1804	himself or herself to “Mr. or Madam Speaker”, (or in the Committee of the 1
1805	1805	Whole, “Mr. or Madam Chairperson”) and upon recognition, he or she may 2
1806	1806	address the House from his or her seat or the “well” of the House. 3
1807	1807	Representatives must be at their seats before obtaining recognition. Any 4
1808	1808	representative who receives recognition from the Chair must confine himself 5
1809	1809	or herself to the question before the House, or a privileged motion. No 6
1810	1810	representative shall proc eed until recognized by the Speaker. When two (2) 7
1811	1811	or more representatives arise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who 8
1812	1812	shall be first to speak. 9
1813	1813	84. When a representative desires to interrupt a representative having 10
1814	1814	the Floor, he or she shall fir st obtain recognition of the Speaker and 11
1815	1815	permission of the representative occupying the Floor; and when so recognized 12
1816	1816	and such permission is obtained, he or she may ask questions of the 13
1817	1817	representative occupying the Floor; but shall not propound a series of 14
1818	1818	interrogatives or otherwise badger the representative having the Floor. 15
1819	1819	85. No representative shall occupy more than thirty (30) minutes in 16
1820	1820	debate on any question in the House. The representative reporting a measure 17
1821	1821	under consideration from a committee or the author may open and close debate. 18
1822	1822	If debate shall extend beyond one (1) day, the author or sponsor shall be 19
1823	1823	entitled to thirty (30) minutes to close. The right to close may not be 20
1824	1824	automatically exercised after limited debate, the previous questio n or 21
1825	1825	immediate consideration is voted. 22
1826	1826	86. No representative shall speak more than once on the same question 23
1827	1827	without leave of the House. One (1) mover, proposer or introducer of the 24
1828	1828	question pending may speak the second time and close, but not until eve ry 25
1829	1829	representative choosing to speak shall have been heard. 26
1830	1830	87. A representative having the Floor may not yield it to another for 27
1831	1831	any purpose including making a motion; but, if he or she desires to allow a 28
1832	1832	motion to be made, he or she must yield the Floor . 29
1833	1833	30
1834	1834	DECORUM 31
1835	1835	88. No person other than a member of the Arkansas General Assembly, 32
1836	1836	designated legislative staff, or on special and certain occasions those 33
1837	1837	persons specifically invited by the Speaker of the House, shall be permitted 34
1838	1838	on the Floor of the House Chamber whil e the House is in session or in brief 35
1839	1839	recess. The Speaker shall develop policies governing limited public access 36 HR1001
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1842	1842
1843	1843
1844	1844	to the Floor during the interim. Arrangements for photographers shall be 1
1845	1845	established, the direction and control of which shall be regulated by the 2
1846	1846	Speaker of the House. No one in the House Chamber other than a member of the 3
1847	1847	Legislature may advocate or oppose passage of a measure while the House is in 4
1848	1848	session. No legislative aides, lobbyists or unauthorized persons shall be 5
1849	1849	permitted access to the House Floor, work areas, or House support areas. 6
1850	1850	This Rule shall be enforced by the Speaker of the House and/or the House 7
1851	1851	Management Committee. The House Management Committee and the Rules Committee 8
1852	1852	shall recommend punishment to the House for violati on of this Rule. (Arkansas 9
1853	1853	Code 10-2-110 -- Disorderly Conduct) 10
1854	1854	89. The House Chamber during regular, fiscal and special sessions and 11
1855	1855	during the interim shall be used only for the legislative business of the 12
1856	1856	House and for the caucus meetings of its membe rs, except upon occasions where 13
1857	1857	the House, by resolution, agrees to take part in any ceremonies to be 14
1858	1858	observed therein; and the Speaker shall not entertain a motion for suspension 15
1859	1859	of this rule. 16
1860	1860	90. No representative shall use intemperate language with re ference to 17
1861	1861	the House or its members. 18
1862	1862	91. If any representative, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the 19
1863	1863	rules of the House, the Speaker shall or any representative may, call him or 20
1864	1864	her to order. He or she shall immediately be seated unless permitted, on a 21
1865	1865	motion of another representative, to explain. The House shall, if called 22
1866	1866	upon, decide on the issue without debate. If the decision is in favor of the 23
1867	1867	representative called to order, he or she shall be free to continue; and, if 24
1868	1868	the dispute shall war rant, a representative shall be open to censure or such 25
1869	1869	punishment as the House shall impose. 26
1870	1870	92. Normal conformity to good manners and taste shall be expected of 27
1871	1871	each member of the House. Representatives shall avoid references to 28
1872	1872	personalities and exte nd to each representative courtesies which they wish 29
1873	1873	for themselves. 30
1874	1874	93. Introduction of and recognition of family, constituents, or groups 31
1875	1875	shall not become excessive. Members should be extremely reluctant in using 32
1876	1876	the time of the House for these person al courtesies. If deemed appropriate by 33
1877	1877	the Speaker of the House, he or she shall make all introductions from 34
1878	1878	information provided to the Speaker by a member or appropriate House staff. 35
1879	1879	94. The smoking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes or other tobacco 36 HR1001
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1882	1882
1883	1883
1884	1884	products shall not be permitted in the Chamber of the House of 1
1885	1885	Representatives or in the members’ private work area. 2
1886	1886	95. A Roll Call shall not be interrupted by a motion or other order of 3
1887	1887	business from the time the Speaker calls up the ballot until he or sh e casts 4
1888	1888	up the ballot and announces the result of said ballot. 5
1889	1889	6
1890	1890	VOTING 7
1891	1891	96. No person not a representative shall cast a vote for a 8
1892	1892	representative. 9
1893	1893	97. Any question or motion, except final passage of a bill or final 10
1894	1894	action on a joint resolution, may be p ut to the House by a voice vote at the 11
1895	1895	discretion of the Speaker. 12
1896	1896	98. Any five (5) representatives shall have the right to call for the 13
1897	1897	ayes and nays and have the result entered on the Journal. (Arkansas 14
1898	1898	Constitution, Article 5, § 12 -- Powers and duties of each house.) 15
1899	1899	99. Any representative who will be absent from the House may pair his 16
1900	1900	or her vote with a representative who shall be present. 17
1901	1901	99.(a) These representatives must be casting opposite votes. 18
1902	1902	99.(b) Dated pairs reflecting the bill number are counted when signed 19
1903	1903	by both representatives, 20
1904	1904	(1) in the presence of each other, and witnessed by another 21
1905	1905	representative, or 22
1906	1906	(2) when the member who will not be present for the vote signs 23
1907	1907	the pair form in the presence of a person authorized by law to take 24
1908	1908	acknowledgements and who verifies the identity of the signer. 25
1909	1909	99.(c) Pairs shall be presented to the Speaker only on the day of the 26
1910	1910	vote for which the representatives are paired is to be taken. 27
1911	1911	99.(d) Pairs shall be announced by the Speaker im mediately prior to 28
1912	1912	the Roll Call from a Pair Form presented to the Speaker by the representative 29
1913	1913	present. At the time of the announcement the Speaker shall (1) determine 30
1914	1914	that the member who is required to be present is present, and (2) provide the 31
1915	1915	membership with an opportunity to express procedural objections to the pairs. 32
1916	1916	99.(e) The representative may not cast his or her vote by other 33
1917	1917	methods when he or she is paired. 34
1918	1918	100. The demand to “Sound the Ballot” (a device to determine how each 35
1919	1919	representative voted) may be accomplished by any five (5) members rising and 36 HR1001
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1922	1922
1923	1923
1924	1924	requesting the Speaker to have the names called and the way the member voted 1
1925	1925	repeated. When contested, any representative (except a representative voting 2
1926	1926	by pair vote and the Speaker and a su bstitute Speaker) who is not present and 3
1927	1927	in his seat shall have his or her vote eliminated. 4
1928	1928	101. After a voice vote, the Speaker or any five (5) representatives 5
1929	1929	that doubt the result may call for a division of the House. 6
1930	1930	101.(a) Representatives voting aye shall stand at their seats until 7
1931	1931	counted. 8
1932	1932	101.(b) Then, representatives voting no shall stand at their seats 9
1933	1933	until counted. 10
1934	1934	101.(c) No representative shall be counted that is not at his or her 11
1935	1935	assigned voting station (his or her seat on the House F loor). 12
1936	1936	101.(d) The Speaker or his or her designee shall be responsible for 13
1937	1937	counting the vote and the Speaker shall announce the result of the vote. 14
1938	1938	102. The Electronic Voting System shall have the same force and effect 15
1939	1939	as a Roll Call. (Not less than a majority of the members of each House of 16
1940	1940	the General Assembly may enact a law.) (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, 17
1941	1941	§ 21, as added by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 19, § 1.) 18
1942	1942	103. The Speaker, with three (3) representatives, is sufficient to 19
1943	1943	adjourn, or recess to a time certain, or sine die. (Neither house shall, 20
1944	1944	without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three (3) days, nor 21
1945	1945	to any other place than that in which the two (2) houses shall be sitting.) 22
1946	1946	(Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 28 -- Adjournments) 23
1947	1947	(Governor’s power to adjourn) In cases of disagreement between the 24
1948	1948	two (2) houses of the General Assembly, at a regular or special session, with 25
1949	1949	respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor may, if the facts be 26
1950	1950	certified to him or he r by the presiding officers of the two (2) houses, 27
1951	1951	adjourn them to a time not beyond the day of their next meeting; and, on 28
1952	1952	account of danger from an enemy or disease, to such other place of safety as 29
1953	1953	he or she may think proper. (Arkansas Constitution, Art icle 6, § 20 -- Power 30
1954	1954	to adjourn General Assembly.) 31
1955	1955	104. Vetoes. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 16, §§ 15-17; Arkansas 32
1956	1956	Code § 10-2-116) 33
1957	1957	105. Extraordinary sessions of the General Assembly. (Arkansas 34
1958	1958	Constitution, Article 6, § 19 -- Extraordinary sessions of General Assembly -35
1959	1959	- Calling -- Purposes.) 36 HR1001
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1963	1963
1964	1964	106. Homestead exemption increase (3/4 vote) (Arkansas Constitution, 1
1965	1965	Article 16, § 16, as added by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 59.) 2
1966	1966	107. Workmen’s Compensation Laws (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5 , 3
1967	1967	§ 32, as amended by Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 26.) 4
1968	1968	108. It shall be a violation of the Rules of the House for any member 5
1969	1969	of the House to accept a campaign contribution during the period beginning 6
1970	1970	thirty (30) days before and ending thirty (30) days after any regular session 7
1971	1971	of the General Assembly. If there is an extended recess of the General 8
1972	1972	Assembly, the period shall end thirty (30) days after the beginning of the 9
1973	1973	recess. It shall also be a violation of the Rules of the House for any member 10
1974	1974	of the House to accept a campaign contribution during any extended session of 11
1975	1975	the General Assembly or during any special session of the General Assembly . 12
1976	1976	109. All Roll Call votes on bills, emergency clauses on bills, 13
1977	1977	resolutions, and amendments in the Hou se of Representatives shall be entered 14
1978	1978	by the House into the General Assembly’s Internet web site. 15
1979	1979	110.(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivisions 110.(a)(2) and (c) of 16
1980	1980	this section, the House of Representatives, when in session, shall recess on 17
1981	1981	January 20 of any year in which the inauguration of an individual to the 18
1982	1982	office of President of the United States is scheduled to occur. 19
1983	1983	(2) If the inauguration of an individual to the office of 20
1984	1984	President of the United States is scheduled to occur on January 21 o f any 21
1985	1985	year, the House of Representatives shall recess on that date rather than 22
1986	1986	January 20. 23
1987	1987	(b) The House of Representatives shall recess without regard to the 24
1988	1988	party affiliation of the individual scheduled for inauguration as President 25
1989	1989	of the United States. 26
1990	1990	(c) This section shall not apply if a recess under this section would 27
1991	1991	occur on a date the House of Representatives shall recess in observance of 28
1992	1992	the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. under Arkansas Code § 10 -2-128. 29
1993	1993	111. Eligibility, Qu alifications, and Removal of Members of the House 30
1994	1994	of Representatives. (Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 12; and other 31
1995	1995	applicable constitutional provisions) 32
1996	1996	112. Impeachments. 33
1997	1997	112.(a) The House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment 34
1998	1998	under Arkansas Constitution, Article 15, § 2, and shall initiate impeachment 35
1999	1999	proceedings by filing articles of impeachment in the form of a House 36 HR1001
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2002	2002
2003	2003
2004	2004	Resolution, co-sponsored by at least thirty -four (34) members. Upon filing 1
2005	2005	of the impeachment resolution, the S peaker of the House shall refer the 2
2006	2006	impeachment resolution to committee for the following purposes: 3
2007	2007	(1) To investigate the allegations asserted in the articles of 4
2008	2008	impeachment; and 5
2009	2009	(2) To make a recommendation to the House of Representatives as 6
2010	2010	to whether cause exists to impeach the official that is the subject of the 7
2011	2011	articles of impeachment. 8
2012	2012	112.(b) All meetings of the committee to which the articles of 9
2013	2013	impeachment are referred shall be open to the public. Advance notice shall 10
2014	2014	be given to the publi c for all meetings consistent with notice requirements 11
2015	2015	of other House committee meetings and shall include publication of the agenda 12
2016	2016	for the meeting. 13
2017	2017	112.(c) The committee shall adopt rules to govern the proceedings 14
2018	2018	concerning the issue of impeachment in order to ensure due process, 15
2019	2019	fundamental fairness, and a thorough investigation, provided that the rules 16
2020	2020	of the committee are not inconsistent with this rule. 17
2021	2021	112.(d) The committee shall gather information and may hear testimony 18
2022	2022	related to the question of whether cause exists to impeach the official that 19
2023	2023	is the subject of the articles of impeachment. 20
2024	2024	112.(e)(1) Upon conclusion of its investigation, the committee shall 21
2025	2025	return its recommendation to the House of Representatives regarding the 22
2026	2026	resolution containing the articles of impeachment. 23
2027	2027	(2) The committee by an affirmative vote of a majority of its 24
2028	2028	membership may offer amendments to the impeachment resolution. 25
2029	2029	(3) The committee shall submit to the House of Representatives, 26
2030	2030	along with its recommen dation on the resolution, a report regarding its 27
2031	2031	findings and conclusions. If the recommendation of the committee is not 28
2032	2032	unanimous, at the request of two (2) members, the members in opposition to 29
2033	2033	the recommendation of the committee may submit a dissenting report. 30
2034	2034	(4) The recommendation of the committee, along with the 31
2035	2035	committee report and any dissenting report, shall be provided to the members 32
2036	2036	of the House of Representatives no less than three (3) business days prior to 33
2037	2037	consideration of the impeachment resolution by the House of Representatives. 34
2038	2038	112.(f) Upon the conclusion of the three (3) business days, the 35
2039	2039	Speaker of the House shall call the House of Representatives into a meeting 36 HR1001
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2042	2042
2043	2043
2044	2044	in order to take up consideration of the impeachment resolution and t he 1
2045	2045	recommendation of the committee. 2
2046	2046	112.(g) Passage of the impeachment resolution shall require an 3
2047	2047	affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the House of 4
2048	2048	Representatives. The vote shall be by roll call. 5
2049	2049	6
2050	2050	ADDENDUM 7
2051	2051	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 8
2052	2052	COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS MANUAL 9
2053	2053	AND 10
2054	2054	HOUSE COMMITTEE RULES 11
2055	2055	12
2056	2056	A committee chairperson is a member appointed by the Speaker of the House to 13
2057	2057	function as the parliamentary head of a standing, select, special or joint 14
2058	2058	committee. 15
2059	2059	16
2060	2060	1) The chairperson (or vice chairp erson in his or her absence) shall call 17
2061	2061	the committee to order at the appointed time. 18
2062	2062	19
2063	2063	2) The presider shall determine a quorum present either by declaration, 20
2064	2064	without objection, or by calling the roll (for quorum purposes only a roll 21
2065	2065	call will be required if there is one objection by a committee member to the 22
2066	2066	declaration of the presence of a quorum). 23
2067	2067	24
2068	2068	3) The presider shall maintain order of the committee meeting. 25
2069	2069	26
2070	2070	4) The presider shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the 27
2071	2071	Speaker of the House who may refer the question to the Rules Committee whose 28
2072	2072	decision may be appealed to the full House. 29
2073	2073	30
2074	2074	5) The presider shall supervise and direct the staff of the committee. 31
2075	2075	32
2076	2076	6) The presider shall prepare, or supervise the preparation of, and sign a ll 33
2077	2077	reports of the committee and submit them to the full House. 34
2078	2078	35
2079	2079	House Rule 55.(b) and 55.(c) 36 HR1001
2080	2080
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2082	2082
2083	2083
2084	2084	55.(b) All committees shall consider the bills, resolutions, 1
2085	2085	amendments, petitions, and memorials referred to them and make one of the 2
2086	2086	following reports in writi ng to the House: 3
2087	2087	55.(b)(1) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do pass”; 4
2088	2088	55.(b)(2) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do not pass”, 5
2089	2089	in which event the measure shall not be considered unless the vote is 6
2090	2090	expunged; 7
2091	2091	55.(b)(3) That a bill, resolution, petition or memorial “do pass as 8
2092	2092	amended”. 9
2093	2093	55.(c) No bill, resolution, petition or memorial shall be acted upon 10
2094	2094	by the House without a “do pass” or a “do pass as amended” recommendation. 11
2095	2095	No bills shall be placed on the non -controversial calendar or deemed to be 12
2096	2096	non-controversial in any way unless a motion is adopted in the committee to 13
2097	2097	which the bill was referred. With a quorum present, the motion is considered 14
2098	2098	adopted if there are no negative votes. 15
2099	2099	16
2100	2100	7) A quorum (one more than hal f the total membership of the committee) must 17
2101	2101	be present to transact official House committee business. 18
2102	2102	19
2103	2103	(House Rule 66) No committee shall transact business without a quorum (a 20
2104	2104	majority of the committee membership present). All final action on bills or 21
2105	2105	resolutions, and on proposed amendments to bills or resolutions, shall be 22
2106	2106	decided by a majority vote of the total membership of the committee. 23
2107	2107	Provided, however, that the Speaker of the House shall not be included for 24
2108	2108	the purpose of determining what is a m ajority of a standing committee, unless 25
2109	2109	present at the time of the vote. A member of the committee must be present 26
2110	2110	at the time of the vote for his or her vote to be counted on any matter 27
2111	2111	considered by the committee (no pairs, no proxies). 28
2112	2112	29
2113	2113	8) (House Rule 54. (c)(2)) The rules or proceedings of the House of 30
2114	2114	Representatives shall be observed in all select committees, standing 31
2115	2115	committees, and subcommittees of the House so far as they may be applicable. 32
2116	2116	33
2117	2117	The precedence of motions so far as they are applicabl e shall be as listed in 34
2118	2118	House Rule 19(a) – (q): 35
2119	2119	36 HR1001
2120	2120
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2122	2122
2123	2123
2124	2124	(House Rule 19) When a question is under debate, motions shall have 1
2125	2125	precedence in the following order (the request for a quorum call is always in 2
2126	2126	order; the chairperson is not compelled to accept any motion ): 3
2127	2127	19(a) To fix the time to which the House will adjourn (non -debatable) 4
2128	2128	(majority of a quorum); 5
2129	2129	19(a)(1) (A majority of a quorum is a majority of those voting when at least 6
2130	2130	a majority of the members are present and voting); 7
2131	2131	19(b) To adjourn (non -debatable) (majority of a quorum); 8
2132	2132	19(c) To take a recess (non -debatable) (majority of a quorum); 9
2133	2133	19(d) Postpone temporarily; lay on the table (non -debatable) (majority of a 10
2134	2134	quorum) To take from the table (non -debatable) (majority of a quorum) (when 11
2135	2135	the motion to take from the table is adopted, the proposition takes the same 12
2136	2136	position it held when the motion to lay on the table was adopted); 13
2137	2137	19(e) Immediate consideration (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 14
2138	2138	19(f) Previous question (non -debatable) (5 seconds) (ma jority of a quorum); 15
2139	2139	19(g) Limit or extend debate (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 16
2140	2140	19(h) To expunge (debatable) (2/3 of membership) (67); 17
2141	2141	19(i) Postpone to a day certain (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 18
2142	2142	19(j) Committee of the Whole, go into (non -debatable) (majority of a 19
2143	2143	quorum); 20
2144	2144	19(k) Refer (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 21
2145	2145	19(l) Amend (debatable) (majority of a quorum); 22
2146	2146	19.(m) Postpone indefinitely (debatable) (majority of membership); 23
2147	2147	19.(n) Take out of proper order (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); 24
2148	2148	19.(o) Special order of business (debatable) (2/3 of a quorum); and 25
2149	2149	19.(p) To suspend the rules (non -debatable) (2/3 of a quorum). 26
2150	2150	27
2151	2151	9) (House Rule 60(a)) All committee and subcommittee meetings including but 28
2152	2152	not limited to hearings at whic h public testimony is to be taken, (normally 29
2153	2153	called “public hearings”) shall be open to the public (Art. V, Sec. 13) and 30
2154	2154	shall be scheduled at least eighteen (18) hours in advance; agendas of bills, 31
2155	2155	resolutions, and other proposals to be considered at such meetings shall be 32
2156	2156	posted in a designated place at least eighteen (18) hours in advance; but in 33
2157	2157	case of an emergency, a two -thirds (2/3) majority of the membership of the 34
2158	2158	committee may bring bills or resolutions up for consideration upon notice of 35
2159	2159	not less than two (2) hours. 36 HR1001
2160	2160
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2162	2162
2163	2163
2164	2164	1
2165	2165	10) (House Rule 60(b)) Special meetings of a standing committee may be 2
2166	2166	called by the chairperson of the committee or by a majority of the members of 3
2167	2167	the committee for conducting any business of the committee; provided, a 4
2168	2168	special meeting of the committee m ay not conflict with regularly scheduled 5
2169	2169	meetings of any standing committee; provided further, special meetings shall 6
2170	2170	be subject to the same procedures regarding the publishing of agendas and 7
2171	2171	notices of meetings that apply to regular standing committee mee tings. 8
2172	2172	9
2173	2173	11) (House Rule 61(a)) All persons wishing to offer testimony to a 10
2174	2174	committee hearing shall be given a reasonable opportunity to do so as 11
2175	2175	determined by a majority of the committee. An oral or written statement 12
2176	2176	shall not be a prerequisite to offe r testimony before a committee. 13
2177	2177	14
2178	2178	12) (House Rule 63) No committee shall sit while the House is in session 15
2179	2179	except the Committee on Rules or a Conference Committee, which shall notify 16
2180	2180	the House. 17
2181	2181	18
2182	2182	13) (House Rule 66(a)) A bill, resolution or amendment in a House 19
2183	2183	committee, having been rejected twice, shall not be placed on the committee 20
2184	2184	agenda again or considered again during the same legislative session unless 21
2185	2185	the vote is expunged (two -thirds of the membership of the committee). The 22
2186	2186	motion to expunge sha ll be placed on the committee agenda, by a committee 23
2187	2187	member, and placed at the bottom of the active list. A bill or resolution may 24
2188	2188	be amended before a second consideration; but, unless expunged, even an 25
2189	2189	amended bill having failed twice shall not be placed on the agenda or 26
2190	2190	considered. Notice of reconsideration not permitted in committee. 27
2191	2191	28
2192	2192	14) (House Rule 47(a)) When a bill or resolution is under consideration, 29
2193	2193	amendments shall be in order. Upon adoption, amendments shall become a part 30
2194	2194	of the bill or resol ution. Amendments to amendments may not be offered. All 31
2195	2195	amendments offered before the House or one of its committees must be 32
2196	2196	typewritten on an approved amendment form and signed by the sponsor. All 33
2197	2197	amendments shall be attached to the original bill or re solution, numbered by 34
2198	2198	the Bill Clerk, and shall be placed upon the members’ desks before being 35
2199	2199	acted upon by the House. 36 HR1001
2200	2200
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2202	2202
2203	2203
2204	2204	1
2205	2205	(House Rule 38(e)) All amendments shall be entered on a separate sheet of 2
2206	2206	paper noting the line or lines to be changed and the words t o be deleted or 3
2207	2207	inserted. 4
2208	2208	5
2209	2209	15) (House Rule 68) No bill or resolution shall be introduced with a 6
2210	2210	committee as the author of said bill or resolution unless that committee has 7
2211	2211	voted unanimously to sponsor the bill or resolution. 8
2212	2212	9
2213	2213	16) (House Rule 69) Commi ttee Records and Reports 10
2214	2214	69(a) The chairperson of each committee of the House shall keep or cause to 11
2215	2215	be kept a separate record for each committee meeting in which there shall be 12
2216	2216	entered: 13
2217	2217	69(a) 1.(1) The time and place of each hearing and each meeting of the 14
2218	2218	committee. 15
2219	2219	69(a) 2.(2) The number and title of the bill or resolution with one of the 16
2220	2220	following three recommendations: “do pass”, “do pass as amended”, or “do not 17
2221	2221	pass”. If a committee recommends a bill or resolution “do pass as amended” 18
2222	2222	and any of the amendments recommended by the committee are not adopted on the 19
2223	2223	floor, the bill or resolution shall be re -referred to the same committee for 20
2224	2224	further consideration and recommendation. 21
2225	2225	69(a) 3.(3) A summary of each bill or resolution's major provisions wh ich 22
2226	2226	may be several paragraphs in length in case of major bills or resolutions or 23
2227	2227	simply the title of the bill or resolution in the case of minor bills or 24
2228	2228	resolutions. 25
2229	2229	69(a) 4.(4) The reason for the committee’s action on the bill or resolution, 26
2230	2230	including a brief minority report, if requested by any two (2) committee 27
2231	2231	members. 28
2232	2232	69(a) 5.(5) A record of how every member voted on each bill or resolution 29
2233	2233	when action is taken by the committee, including votes on a motion to 30
2234	2234	postpone consideration on the bill or re solution and a recorded vote on any 31
2235	2235	other motion, if requested by any two (2) committee members. 32
2236	2236	69(a) 6.(6) A list of all people testifying before a committee on each bill 33
2237	2237	or resolution, the interest that they represent, and an indication of their 34
2238	2238	position on the bill or resolution. 35
2239	2239	36 HR1001
2240	2240
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2242	2242
2243	2243
2244	2244	17) (House Rule 69(b)) Such records for each separate committee meeting 1
2245	2245	shall be approved by the chairperson before the expiration of a seven (7) day 2
2246	2246	period, with the exception of those records referred to in (a) 1.(1) and 3
2247	2247	2.(2), hereinabove which shall be filed immediately with the Clerk of the 4
2248	2248	House. 5
2249	2249	6
2250	2250	18) (House Rule 24 part) When a question is raised about the proper 7
2251	2251	referral of a bill or resolution to committee, if the Speaker admits error in 8
2252	2252	the referral of the bill o r resolution to a committee, the bill or resolution 9
2253	2253	may be re-referred by a majority vote of a quorum; however, if the Speaker 10
2254	2254	does not admit error in the referral of the bill or resolution to committee, 11
2255	2255	the bill or resolution may only be re -referred by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of 12
2256	2256	a quorum. When a bill or resolution is re -referred to a committee, any 13
2257	2257	previous committee recommendation is automatically stripped from the bill or 14
2258	2258	resolution. When a motion is under consideration, only two (2) substitutes 15
2259	2259	to that motion shall be in order. Only a motion applicable to the main 16
2260	2260	motion and of a higher precedence upon recognition may be substituted for the 17
2261	2261	motion under consideration. A substitute to the third degree shall not be in 18
2262	2262	order. Unless specified otherwise by the presenter of the motion at the time 19
2263	2263	the motion is made, a substitute motion shall apply to the main motion. 20
2264	2264	21
2265	2265	19) (House Rule 55 (a)) House Committee Staff will automatically and 22
2266	2266	without delay place prepare a list of all bills or resolutions referr ed to 23
2267	2267	the committees and on the committee agendas. Staff will notify the sponsor 24
2268	2268	of bills or resolutions assigned to committee. Referred bills shall be 25
2269	2269	placed on the committee’s active agenda in the order they are read across the 26
2270	2270	desk on the House Floor. A bill shall not be placed on a committee agenda 27
2271	2271	until the second calendar day following the initial filing of the bill. When 28
2272	2272	an active agenda is established in a committee and bills from that agenda are 29
2273	2273	not placed on the deferred list and if the bills are passed over, they are 30
2274	2274	placed at the bottom of the list of the day’s active agenda. 31
2275	2275	32
2276	2276	20) After a bill or resolution has appeared on the committee agenda and has 33
2277	2277	been called up for consideration by the committee and the sponsor of the bill 34
2278	2278	or resolution or a representative is not present to present the bill or 35
2279	2279	resolution, the bill or resolution will be placed on the active agenda two 36 HR1001
2280	2280
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2282	2282
2283	2283
2284	2284	(2) additional times, but will be placed at the bottom of the active agenda. 1
2285	2285	The chairperson of each committee will designate which bills or resolutions 2
2286	2286	will appear on the agenda for each committee meeting. A bill shall not be 3
2287	2287	placed on a committee agenda until the second calendar day following the 4
2288	2288	initial filing of the bill. 5
2289	2289	6
2290	2290	21) The sponsor may request a bill or resolution be moved to a deferred list 7
2291	2291	of bills and resolutions. A bill or resolution passed over af ter appearing 8
2292	2292	on three (3) committee agendas shall be moved to the deferred list. Sponsor 9
2293	2293	requests to move bills or resolutions from the deferred list to the active 10
2294	2294	agenda must be made by 2:30 p.m. two (2) days prior to the scheduled 11
2295	2295	committee meeting. Bills or resolutions moved from the deferred list to the 12
2296	2296	active agenda shall be listed at the bottom of the active agenda. Bills or 13
2297	2297	resolutions on the deferred list may be moved to the active calendar as 14
2298	2298	provided by rule for a total of three (3) times only . A suspension of this 15
2299	2299	rule by the committee (two -thirds of a quorum) will be required for each 16
2300	2300	transfer of any bill or resolution having been moved three (3) times 17
2301	2301	previously. 18
2302	2302	19
2303	2303	22) Bills or resolutions suggested as non -controversial will be considered 20
2304	2304	before consideration of controversial bills or resolutions on the agenda. 21
2305	2305	Bills and resolutions designated by sponsors as non -controversial shall 22
2306	2306	appear on a consent agenda section of a committee’s agenda. The objection of 23
2307	2307	one (1) committee member to the c onsideration of a bill or resolution as non -24
2308	2308	controversial will automatically keep the bill or resolution from being 25
2309	2309	considered as being non -controversial shall result in the bill or resolution 26
2310	2310	being moved back to the referred items list. A committee by un animous 27
2311	2311	consent a quorum being present, may designate as non -controversial any bill 28
2312	2312	or resolution receiving a “do pass” or “do pass as amended” recommendation . 29
2313	2313	Even though a bill or resolution has been considered as non -controversial, it 30
2314	2314	will be necessary after a “do pass” or “do pass as amended” recommendation 31
2315	2315	that a motion be made and there be unanimous consent of no less than a quorum 32
2316	2316	of the committee for a bill or resolution to be eligible to be placed on the 33
2317	2317	House non-controversial calendar. 34
2318	2318	35
2319	2319	23) If a bill or resolution is discussed by a committee at a meeting, but is 36 HR1001
2320	2320
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2322	2322
2323	2323
2324	2324	not voted on because of time limitations or because the vote is deferred to 1
2325	2325	the next meeting, the bill or resolution will not lose its order on the 2
2326	2326	agenda and will not be counted as havi ng been considered. 3
2327	2327	4
2328	2328	24) The author/sponsor of a bill or resolution may make a presentation for 5
2329	2329	his or her bill or resolution and may elect at that time to respond to 6
2330	2330	questions from the committee members. Following the initial presentation, 7
2331	2331	non-legislative---non-committee members will be allowed to alternately speak 8
2332	2332	against and for the bill or resolution. A procedural motion made by a member 9
2333	2333	of the committee and adopted by the committee to limit or end debate will be 10
2334	2334	allowed to govern non -legislative--non-committee members' discussions. At the 11
2335	2335	conclusion of the non -legislative--non-committee member proponent and 12
2336	2336	opponent presentations, the sponsor may return to the podium and may elect to 13
2337	2337	field questions from the committee members. Those questions should be 14
2338	2338	limited to requests for clarification or the securing of information. 15
2339	2339	Questions that are rhetorically offered and are dilatory for the effect of 16
2340	2340	debate are discouraged. At this point, the chair will entertain motions from 17
2341	2341	committee members only. For disposition of a proposition in a House 18
2342	2342	Committee, procedural motions (limit debate, immediate consideration, etc.) 19
2343	2343	are allowed only following a main motion (do pass, do not pass, do pass as 20
2344	2344	amended, etc.). Discussion from that point forward is limited to committee 21
2345	2345	members for and against the motion, if debatable, in alternating fashion. If 22
2346	2346	immediate consideration is not adopted and if debate has not been limited and 23
2347	2347	time has not expired, the sponsor of the motion will be allowed to close for 24
2348	2348	his or her motion. During the closing, the sponsor of the motion may elect 25
2349	2349	to field questions from committee members. At the conclusion of these 26
2350	2350	presentations, a vote will be taken on the motion properly before the 27
2351	2351	committee. 28
2352	2352	29
2353	2353	25) As determined by the presider cour tesy may be extended to General 30
2354	2354	Assembly members who are non -committee members who need to return to their 31
2355	2355	own committee meetings. 32
2356	2356	33
2357	2357	26) (House Rule 66) Eleven (11) members of a standing committee constitute 34
2358	2358	a committee quorum with the Speaker present if he or she is a member of the 35
2359	2359	committee and ten (10) members when the Speaker is not present. A committee 36 HR1001
2360	2360
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2362	2362
2363	2363
2364	2364	recommendation of a bill or resolution will require these same numbers. 1
2365	2365	2
2366	2366	27) Smoking is prohibited in the committee rooms and all adjoining rooms. 3
2367	2367	4
2368	2368	28) (House Rule 69(a) 5(5)) A roll call vote will be required if requested 5
2369	2369	by any two (2) committee members, except for a quorum call which may be 6
2370	2370	requested by one (1) member. The request for a quorum call is always in 7
2371	2371	order. 8
2372	2372	9
2373	2373	29) When a roll call is req uired, the roll will be called by seniority with 10
2374	2374	the vice chairperson being called next to last and the chairperson last. For 11
2375	2375	a member's vote to be counted and recorded, he or she must vote "yes", "no" 12
2376	2376	or "present". 13
2377	2377	14
2378	2378	30) During a roll call vote, when a me mber’s name has been called twice and 15
2379	2379	he or she does not respond, or when a member passes, they will not be allowed 16
2380	2380	to vote at a later time on the current issue before the committee. 17
2381	2381	18
2382	2382	31) No seconds are required during the legislative process except those that 19
2383	2383	are explicit in the rules, (roll call, previous question, sound the ballot, 20
2384	2384	etc.) 21
2385	2385	22
2386	2386	32) (House Rule 38(p)(r)) "Fiscal impact statement" means a realistic 23
2387	2387	statement of the estimated financial cost of implementing or complying with a 24
2388	2388	proposed law regarding: 25
2389	2389	(1) Municipalities; 26
2390	2390	(2) Counties; 27
2391	2391	(3) Education, as related to the State of Arkansas and local school 28
2392	2392	districts grades kindergarten through twelve (K -12); 29
2393	2393	(4) Corrections, if imposing new or additional costs and restrictions 30
2394	2394	on inmate population patterns or affecting programs or services of the 31
2395	2395	Department of Correction; or 32
2396	2396	(5) Lottery, if amending Arkansas Code, Title 23, Chapter 115, or 33
2397	2397	imposing a new or increased cost to the Arkansas Lottery Commission Office of 34
2398	2398	the Arkansas Lottery or a lottery; 35
2399	2399	(6) Health benefit plans, if imposing a new or increased cost obligation for 36 HR1001
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2402	2402
2403	2403
2404	2404	health benefit plans, including pharmacy benefits, on an entity of the state ; 1
2405	2405	or 2
2406	2406	(7) New or existing scholarships to be funded with net proceeds from the 3
2407	2407	state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable . 4
2408	2408	5
2409	2409	33) (House Rule 38(q)(s)) When any House or Senate bill or resolution 6
2410	2410	requiring an expenditure of public funds or otherwise imposing a new or 7
2411	2411	increased cost obligation is pending before any committee of the House of 8
2412	2412	Representatives, any member of the committee may request that a fiscal impact 9
2413	2413	statement for such bill or resolution be placed on the desk of each member of 10
2414	2414	the committee before the bill or resolution is called up for final action in 11
2415	2415	the committee. If such request is made, the chairperson of the committee 12
2416	2416	shall refer the bill or resolution to the appropriate state agency or to the 13
2417	2417	legislative staff for the preparation of a fiscal impact statement, to be 14
2418	2418	returned to the committee in writing not later than five (5) days from the 15
2419	2419	date of the request. 16
2420	2420	17
2421	2421	34) (House Rule 38(s)(u)) Fiscal impact statements shall be made available 18
2422	2422	to House Committees: 19
2423	2423	(1) At least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for final 20
2424	2424	action in the House Committee during a regular legislative session or fiscal 21
2425	2425	session of the General Assembly; and 22
2426	2426	(2) At least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for final 23
2427	2427	action in the House Committee during a special session of the General 24
2428	2428	Assembly. 25
2429	2429	Fiscal impact statements shall be made available to the full House of 26
2430	2430	Representatives at least one (1) day before the bill may be called up for 27
2431	2431	third reading and final action in the House of Representatives. 28
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2433	2433	35) (House Rule 38(t)(v)) (1) Failure Except for bills imposing a new or 30
2434	2434	increased cost obligation for health benefit plans on an entity of the state 31
2435	2435	or bills regarding new or existing scholarships to be funded with net 32
2436	2436	proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund, failure 33
2437	2437	of the sponsor of a bill or resolution to provide the fiscal impact statement 34
2438	2438	required in this rule shall not prohibit the consideration of it in the 35
2439	2439	committee to which referred or on the floor of the House of Representatives, 36 HR1001
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2443	2443
2444	2444	if no objection to it is made at the time such action is taken. 1
2445	2445	(2) A bill filed in the House of Representatives that will impose a new 2
2446	2446	or increased cost obligation for health benefit plans, including pharmacy 3
2447	2447	benefits, on an entity of the state shall: 4
2448	2448	(A) Have a fiscal impact statement attached to the bill prepared 5
2449	2449	and filed with the chair of the committee to which the bill is referred; and 6
2450	2450	(B) Not be taken up by the committee to which the bill is 7
2451	2451	referred until a fiscal impact statement is provided to the chair of the 8
2452	2452	committee. 9
2453	2453	(3)(A) Any bill filed with the House of Representatives that creates a 10
2454	2454	new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the 11
2455	2455	Higher Education Grants Fund A ccount, as applicable, or affects an existing 12
2456	2456	scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the 13
2457	2457	Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall: 14
2458	2458	(i) Have a lottery fiscal impact statement 15
2459	2459	attached to it that is in the form set forth in Arkansas Code § 6 -85-502; and 16
2460	2460	(ii) Not be taken up by the House Committee on 17
2461	2461	Education and the Senate Committee on Education meeting jointly, until a 18
2462	2462	lottery fiscal impact statement is attached. 19
2463	2463	20
2464	2464	TRACKING ITEM 24 21
2465	2465	1. “The next item on the Committee’s agenda is HB/SB _____.” 22
2466	2466	2. “Sen./Rep. _____, you are recognized to present HB/SB _____.” 23
2467	2467	3. Presentation of bill by sponsor. The sponsor may respond to questions 24
2468	2468	from committee members. 25
2469	2469	a. If there are amendments, recognize a mendment sponsor(s) to present 26
2470	2470	amendment(s). 27
2471	2471	b. To consider amendment(s), use same procedure listed below for 28
2472	2472	consideration of bill(s). (Items 4 – 9) 29
2473	2473	c. Declare disposition of amendment(s). 30
2474	2474	d. Continue with bill as amended or unamended (back to Item 4). 31
2475	2475	4. Go to list of citizen proponents and opponents or ask “Is there anyone in 32
2476	2476	the audience that desires to speak for or against the bill?” Recognition of 33
2477	2477	citizens for discussion, alternating speakers in support and in opposition. 34
2478	2478	5. A procedural motion made by a member of the Committee and adopted by the 35
2479	2479	Committee to limit or end debate will be allowed to govern non -legislative, 36 HR1001
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2482	2482
2483	2483
2484	2484	non-Committee members' (citizen) discussion. 1
2485	2485	6. Upon completion of public commentary, recognize the sp onsor for 2
2486	2486	questions, then move to committee discussion and motions. 3
2487	2487	7. Ask “What is the pleasure of the Committee?” 4
2488	2488	Motions (after recognition and the motion by a committee member 5
2489	2489	only) 6
2490	2490	a. “Rep. _____, would you like to explain your motion?” 7
2491	2491	b. Recognize committee members for questions/discussion. 8
2492	2492	c. In discussion, alternate between those supporting and those 9
2493	2493	opposing the motion. 10
2494	2494	d. A procedural motion made by a member of the Committee and adopted 11
2495	2495	by the Committee to limit or end debate (immediat e consideration) will be 12
2496	2496	allowed to govern the legislative members' discussion. 13
2497	2497	e. Recognize the member making the motion to close for the motion if 14
2498	2498	debate has not been limited and time has not expired (proponents may save 15
2499	2499	some time for member to close). 16
2500	2500	f. Repeat until all motions are resolved, and action on the bill is 17
2501	2501	complete. 18
2502	2502	8. “The motion before the committee is __________. All of those in support 19
2503	2503	of the motion indicate so by saying ‘aye’; those opposed, ‘no’.” 20
2504	2504	9. The motion passes/fails, and state the disposition of the bill. 21
2505	2505	10. Roll call. (If requested by two or more members) Ask the committee 22
2506	2506	staff person to call the roll, then state the disposition of the bill. 23
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