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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Regular Session, 2025 HR 1034 3
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By: Representative Evans 5
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HOUSE RESOLUTION 8
TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 9
THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO AMEND THE RULES 10
CONCERNING THE COMMITTEE ON AGING, CHILDREN AND 11
YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE AND MILITARY AFFAIRS; TO AMEND THE 12
RULES CONCERNING JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES; AND FOR 13
OTHER PURPOSES. 14
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Subtitle 17
TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 18
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH 19
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 20
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 22
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 23
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SECTION 1. Section 53.(a) of the Rules of the House of Representatives 25
of the Ninety-Fourth General Assembly, concerning House standing committees, 26
is amended to read as follows: 27
53.(a) HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES 28
Class "A" Committees 29
Education 30
Judiciary 31
Public Health, Welfare and Labor 32
Public Transportation 33
Revenue and Taxation 34
Class "B" Committees 35
Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs 36 HR1034
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Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development 1
City, County and Local Affairs 2
Insurance and Commerce 3
State Agencies and Governmental Affairs 4
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SECTION 2. Section 53.(b) of the Rules of the House of Representatives 6
of the Ninety-Fourth General Assembly, concerning Joint Select Committees, is 7
amended to add a new subdivision to read as follows: 8
53.(b) JOINT SELECT COMMITTEES 9
(1) Joint Budget -- (to consist of twenty four (24) members of the 10
House and twenty four (24) members of the Senate, and the immediate past co -11
chairs of the Legislative Council and ex -officio members in accordance with 12
Arkansas Code § 10-3-502. (Arkansas Code, Subchapter 5, -- Joint Budget 13
Committee) The House members of the Joint Budget Committee shall be known as 14
the House Budget Committee. 15
(2) Joint Committee on Energy -- (to consist of fifteen (15) members 16
of the House, fifteen (15) House alternates, and ten (10) members of the 17
Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, Subchapter 8 -- Energy Committees.) 18
(3) Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security 19
Programs -- (to consist of ten (10) members of the House, ten (10) House 20
alternates, and ten (10) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, 21
Subchapter 7 -- Retirement Committees) 22
(4) Joint Performance Review Committee -- (to consist of twenty (20) 23
members of the House and ten (10) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, 24
Title 10, Subchapter 9 -- Joint Performance Review Committees) 25
(5) Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information 26
Technology -- (to consist of ten (10) members of the House, ten (10) House 27
alternates, and seven (7) members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, 28
Subchapter 17 -- Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information 29
Technology) 30
(6) Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs – (to consist of 31
twelve (12) members of the House, twelve (12) House alternates, and eight (8) 32
members of the Senate. (Arkansas Code, Title 10, Chapter 3, Subchapter 33 – 33
Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs) 34
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SECTION 3. Section 54.(b)(4) of the Rules of the House of 36 HR1034
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Representatives of the Ninety -Fourth General Assembly, concerning membership 1
on House select committees, is amended to read as follows: 2
(4) No member of the House of Representatives shall serve on more than 3
one (1) select committee. The Legislative Council, the Legislative Joint 4
Auditing Committee, the House Budget Committee, the House Committee on the 5
Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, and the House Management Committee , 6
and the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs are excluded 7
therefrom. 8
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SECTION 4. Section 64.(a)(6) of the Rules of the House of 10
Representatives of the Ninety -Fourth General Assembly, concerning subject 11
matter jurisdiction of the House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, 12
Legislative and Military Affairs, is amended to read as follows: 13
(6) Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative and 14
Military Affairs – matters pertaining to the aged, child custody, adoptions, 15
problems of aging; children and youth, military, veterans, legislative 16
affairs, memorials, other matters whenever the subject matter is not germane 17
to the subject matter of any other standing committee and resolutions germane 18
to the subject matter of the committee; 19
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SECTION 5. Section 64.(b)(1) of the Rules of the House of 21
Representatives of the Ninety -Fourth General Assembly, concerning the 22
permanent subcommittees of each House standing committee, is amended to read 23
as follows: 24
(1) For the House standing committee on Aging, Children and 25
Youth, and Legislative and Military Affairs, the following permanent 26
subcommittees are created: 27
(A) Aging 28
(B) Children and Youth 29
(C) Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs 30
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