Legislative summary

— This is a summary list of bills (by bill number, lead sponsor and title) introduced through Monday in the 89th General Assembly, except for appropriation bills, which, along with other bills and resolutions, may be found at the legislative website: www.arkleg.state.ar.us

HOUSE

HB1440, Shepherd - An act to make available to certain officials the registry at the Arkansas Crime Information Center that lists all persons who were adjudicated to have a mental disease or defect or were involuntarily committed.

HB1441, Collins - To reduce Arkansas taxes.

HB1442, Collins - To reduce the income tax rates for individuals, trusts, and estates.

HB1443, Collins - To reform the Arkansas tax system.

HB1444, Collins - To reduce or repeal certain taxes.

HB1445, Collins - To reduce the income tax on capital gains.

HB1446, Fite - Concerning required Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks for adoption; and the placement and adoption of children.

HB1447, Fite - To amend the Child Maltreatment Act.

HB1448, Fite - To provide for permanent no contact orders upon a conviction for certain criminal offenses.

HB1449, Fite - Concerning the sentence enhancement for domestic battering in the first, second, or third degree.

HB1450, Fite - To amend the offense of aggravated assault on a family or household member.

HB1451, Fite - To amend the Child Maltreatment Act.

HB1456, S. Meeks - To require utilities to compensate net-metering customers for net excess generation credits in certain circumstances.

HB1457, Ballinger - To revise the procedures for conducting a meeting of the State Board of Election Commissioners.

HB1458, Neal - To permit electronic proof of concealed handgun licensure.

HB1459, Neal - To allow the use of a hunter education certificate in an acceptable electronic format in lieu of a paper certificate.

HB1460, Neal - To require a valid driver’s license for motor vehicle registration; and to require a system to link driver’s license numbers and motor vehicle registration for certain vehicles.

HB1461, Linck - To amend sales and use tax laws to conform to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

HB1462, E. Armstrong - To repeal a municipal political service statute.

HB1463, E. Armstrong - Concerning the filling of vacancies in certain municipal elective offices.

HB1464, E. Armstrong - Concerning the collection mechanism for the parks tax.

HB1465, E. Armstrong - To amend the law concerning municipal police chiefs.

HB1466, Ballinger - To amend the law concerning records maintained during early voting.

HB1467, Ballinger - To clarify the procedure for a member of the county board of election commissioners to file certain reports; and to declare a deadline for filing certain reports.

HB1468, Hammer - To require birthing facilities to perform pulse oximetry screenings for critical congenital heart disease on newborns before discharge.

HB1469, Clemmer - To clarify the requirements for generating and accepting electronic transcripts.

HB1470, Williams - To establish pre-adjudication probation programs.

HB1473, Ferguson - To create the Truth in Healthcare Practitioner Advertising Act.

HB1474, Lowery - To establish murder in the second degree as a 70 percent crime.

HB1475, Hawthorne - To authorize the issuance of a disabled veteran special motorcycle license plate.

HB1476, McLean - To amend various provisions of Arkansas Code Title 6 concerning public school transportation and academic facilities.

HB1477, McLean - To allow the curriculum frameworks for multiple courses to be combined or embedded in a single course.

HB1478, McCrary - To amend the definition of “feral hog”; to regulate the capturing, killing, and transporting of feral hogs; and to increase the penalties for releasing hogs into the wild.

SENATE

SB426, D. Sanders - An act to amend Arkansas law concerning the information contained in certain financial reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission.

SB427, D. Sanders - To make amendments to the ethics laws of the State of Arkansas and amending portions of Arkansas law resulting from an initiated act.

SB432, R. Thompson - To change the population ratio to sell vinous, spirituous, or malt liquor off-premises.

SB433, R. Thompson - Concerning permanency planning hearings.

SB438, Teague - Concerning the revenues derived from the tax on distillate special fuels; to eliminate the designation of certain tax revenues derived from sales of distillate special fuels as general revenues.

SB440, J. Hendren - To amend the procurement requirements for nonvisual access technology; and to declare an emergency.

SB441, J. Key - To include veterans of Operation Urgent Fury as veterans entitled to a reduced-fee special license plate.

SB442, B. King - To provide for licensed qualified interpreters for individuals who are deaf, deaf blind, hard of hearing or oral deaf.

SB446, U. Lindsey - To increase the maximum job order contracting bid award amount.

SB455, Maloch - To clarify the health insurance payment process for orthotic devices and prosthetic services.

SB456, Elliott - To amend Arkansas laws governing educator licensure.

SB457, Elliott - To amend Arkansas laws governing background checks for educators, fiscal officers, nonlicensed school district staff and student teachers.

SB458, J. Hutchinson - To allow a school district to hire a certified speech-language pathologist who does not have a master’s degree.

SB462, J. Dismang - To revise the Cemetery Act for perpetually maintained cemeteries.

SB463, J. Hendren - To create an exemption from the income tax for service pay or allowances received by active duty members of the armed services.

SB464, Rapert - To amend the Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act; and for other purposes.

SB474, K. Ingram - To create a standard concerning alcohol donations; to amend the rules for handling alcohol; to amend a permit requirement; to permit the sale of malt liquor; to permit a club to advertise and to repeal an unlawful practice.

Notable Resolutions

SR15, Rapert - To congratulate the University of Central Arkansas Bears football team for an outstanding 2012 season and for continuing excellence in academics.

Front Section, Pages 6 on 02/26/2013

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