This is a summary list of bills (by bill number, lead sponsor and title) introduced through Tuesday in the 90th 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
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HOUSE
HB1172, Hammer -- To amend Arkansas law regarding the promulgation of certain administrative rules concerning health-care providers.
HB1173, Womack -- To amend the County and Regional Industrial Development Company Act; and to extend the tax credit allowed under the County and Regional Industrial Development Company Act.
HB1175, Branscum -- To amend and update the Arkansas Athletic Trainers Act.
HB1176, Ballinger -- To amend the property tax exemption for disabled veterans, surviving spouses and minor dependent children.
HB1177, Ballinger -- To create the Natural Hair Braiding Protection Act.
HB1178, Pitsch -- To provide a sales and use tax exemption for a lessee of an intermodal authority in certain circumstances.
HB1179, Ratliff -- To repeal the requirement regarding the engine horsepower of motorboats operating on the Eleven Point River.
HB1180, Vines -- To amend the criminal offense of battery in the second degree.
HB1181, Copeland -- To create the Health Care Independence Act Expansion Repeal and Phase-out Act of 2015; and to declare an emergency.
HB1182, Ballinger -- To amend the law concerning retirement and pensions.
HB1183, Gossage -- To require each public high school and public charter school to offer a course in computer science; to establish a task force; and to declare an emergency.
Notable Resolutions
HR1005, Boyd -- To encourage continued collaboration between health-care providers, law enforcement, educators, public officials, and the Arkansas community in battling the abuse of prescription drugs in Arkansas.
SENATE
SB144, Collins-Smith -- To terminate the Medicaid Expansion Demonstration Program commonly known as the private option; to terminate Arkansas' participation in Medicaid expansion; and to repeal the Health Care Independence Act of 2013.
SB145, B. Sample -- To amend the law concerning the Arkansas State Board of Massage Therapy; and to transfer the Arkansas State Board of Massage.
SB148, J. Woods -- To provide additional funding for drug courts.
SB149, B. Sample -- To create uniform requirements for the physical fitness of certain firefighters.
SB150, D. Johnson -- To allow patients to receive their medical records in either paper or digital formats; and to establish a fee for digital medical records.
A section on 01/28/2015