Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HR1012 Compare Versions

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4	4	95th General Assembly 2
5	5	Regular Session, 2025 HR 1012 3
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7	7	By: Representative S. Meeks 5
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10	10	HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
11	11	TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 9
12	12	THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT 10
13	13	THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SELECT A 11
14	14	MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A 12
15	15	DESIGNATED SURVIVOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 13
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18	18	Subtitle 16
19	19	TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 17
20	20	REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH 18
21	21	GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A 19
22	22	MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 20
23	23	BE SELECTED AS A DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. 21
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25	25	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 23
26	26	ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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28	28	SECTION 1. Section 11. of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 26
29	29	concerning the duties of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, is 27
30	30	amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 28
31	31	11.(r)(1)(A) Appoint, before any joint meeting of the House of 29
32	32	Representatives and the Senate at which all members of the General Assembly 30
33	33	and the constitutional officers are invited, a member of the House of 31
34	34	Representatives to serve as the designated survivor. 32
35	35	(B) As used in this subsection, "designated survivor" 33
36	36	means a member of the House of Representatives who will succeed to the office 34
37	37	of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and in whom all powers, 35
38	38	duties, and emoluments of the office of the Speaker of the House of 36 HR1012
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41	41	Representatives shall be bestowed in case of the death, illness, incapacity, 1
42	42	or other inability to serve of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 2
43	43	and a majority of the members of the House of Representatives. 3
44	44	(C) In case of the death, illness, incapacity, or other 4
45	45	inability to serve of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a 5
46	46	majority of the members of the House of Representatives, the designated 6
47	47	survivor shall serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives until the 7
48	48	inability of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to serve is removed 8
49	49	or another individual is elected and qualified to the office of the Speaker 9
50	50	of the House of Representatives. 10
51	51	(D) A member selected to be the designated survivor shall 11
52	52	meet the following eligibility requirements: 12
53	53	(i) Have a seniority ranking in the top one third 13
54	54	(1/3) of the House of Representatives; and 14
55	55	(ii) Meet all qualifications to serve as Governor 15
56	56	under Arkansas Constitution, Article 6, § 5. 16
57	57	(2)(A) On the day of the joint meeting, the designated survivor 17
58	58	shall remove himself or herself from the State Capitol Building at least one 18
59	59	(1) hour before the start of the joint meeting to a location at least five 19
60	60	(5) miles away from the State Capitol Building and shall not return to the 20
61	61	State Capitol Building until at least one (1) hour after the conclusion of 21
62	62	the joint meeting. 22
63	63	(B)(i) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall 23
64	64	notify the Division of Emergency Management of the appointment of the 24
65	65	designated survivor and work with the division on selection of an appropriate 25
66	66	location for the designated survivor during the joint meeting. 26
67	67	(ii) The location of the designated survivor on the 27
68	68	day of the joint meeting shall not be the designated survivor’s place of 28
69	69	residence. 29
70	70	(3)(A) If attendance is taken at the joint meeting, the 30
71	71	designated survivor shall be announced and counted as present at the joint 31
72	72	meeting and any other meeting of a legislative body of which he or she is a 32
73	73	member that is held on the day of the joint meeting. 33
74	74	(B) The designated survivor shall count towards a quorum 34
75	75	at any meeting of a legislative body of which he or she is a member that is 35
76	76	held on the day of the joint meeting. 36 HR1012
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