This is a summary list of bills (by bill number, lead sponsor and title) introduced through Wednesday in the 90th General Assembly, except for appropriation bills, which, along with other bills and resolutions, may be found at the legislative website: arkleg.state.ar.us
HOUSE
HB1611, Ratliff -- To clarify laws concerning vacancies on a school district board of directors.
HB1612, J. Mayberry -- To amend the law concerning the Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System.
HB1613, Hickerson -- To create a Driver Monitoring Program administered by the Office of Driver Services; and to authorize the Office of Driver Services to furnish driver monitoring reports.
HB1614, Collins -- To amend the definition of "employer" and the hate offense and retaliation provisions of the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993.
HB1615, Love -- To amend the law regarding criminal background check exemptions applicable to a variety of health care service providers.
HB1616, Love -- To provide for automatic voter registration; and to amend Amendment 51 of the Arkansas Constitution.
HB1617, Love -- To transfer the state Board of Barber Examiners to the Department of Health; to amend the law concerning the powers and duties of the state Board of Barber Examiners; and to create a Barber Technical Advisory Committee.
HB1618, Copeland -- To limit the use of criminal records checks information; and to increase opportunities for employment for persons with criminal records.
HB1619, Talley -- Permitting the operation of a 911 emergency response system by a private entity.
HB1620, Sorvillo -- To regulate the breeding of certain animals; to create the Arkansas Commercial Breeding Kennel Act of 2015; and to declare an emergency.
HB1621, Wallace -- To amend the requirements for issuance of a special license plate to a disabled veteran.
HB1622, Sabin -- To advance the understanding of personal financial management among public school students; to require a course in personal finance as a requirement of graduation from high school.
HB1623, Cozart -- To amend the Minimum Teacher Compensation Schedule.
HB1624, D. Meeks -- To increase protections for children in dependency-neglect cases; to keep siblings in foster care together; and to provide authorities and attorneys ad litem with better tools for resolving dependency-neglect cases.
HB1625, Tucker -- To provide notice of proceedings in juvenile dependency-neglect cases to the attorney ad litem; and to add new protections to children in custody with regard to juvenile dependency-neglect cases.
HB1626, Lemons -- To permit an elected official who is a concealed carry licensee to carry a concealed handgun in the courthouse that contains the elected person's primary place of employment.
HB1627, Harris -- To create the Child Death and Near Fatality Multidisciplinary Review Committee.
HB1628, Shepherd -- To amend the law concerning deputy district court clerk employment and compensation.
HB1629, Shepherd -- Concerning mandatory court for departments of a district court.
HB1630, Shepherd -- To clarify that property used by nonprofit veterans' organizations is exempt from property taxes.
HB1631, C. Douglas -- Concerning the award of alimony and modification of an award of alimony in a divorce case where domestic abuse has occurred.
HB1632, C. Douglas -- To regulate insurance claim practices involving domestic abuse.
HB1633, Sabin -- To allow a utility to enter into a power purchase agreement.
HB1634, Pitsch -- Concerning procurement procedures for a design-build new construction contract with the State Highway Commission Department.
HB1635, Johnson -- To amend the law concerning criminal background checks.
HB1636, Eaves -- To amend the exemption of a student, intern, or resident practicing medicine in an osteopathic residency from licensure under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act; and to declare an emergency.
HB1637, Bennett -- To allow employer references to be delivered in various media; and to clarify the timeliness of an employment reference consent form for an employee who remains with an employer for less than six months.
HB1638, Baine -- To amend the Fire Prevention Act; and to amend the law concerning fire prevention.
HB1639, Lampkin -- To adjust the Post-Closure Trust Fund.
HB1640, Murdock -- To require the Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to establish a maximum one-way transportation time for school districts.
HB1641, Murdock -- To revise the usage fee limitation at customer-bank communication terminals.
HB1642, Murdock -- To create the Arkansas Savings Promotion Act.
HB1643, Womack -- To amend Arkansas law concerning the administration of oaths in legislative committees.
HB1644, Richmond -- To repeal the requirement that the state Highway Commission construct, maintain, and repair hard-surfaced principal vehicular roads that lead to a municipal airport located outside the city limits of a municipality.
HB1645, Bentley -- To authorize the issuance of a restricted driving permit upon suspension of the driver's license of a specialty court program participant.
HB1646, D. Douglas -- To amend the laws applicable to certain energy efficiency contracts and projects; to amend the Local Government Capital Improvement Revenue Bond Act; and to amend the Guaranteed Energy Cost Savings Act.
HB1647, D. Douglas -- To require any temporary tag fee in excess of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) to be retained by the state and to establish a penalty for inappropriate issuance of temporary tags.
Notable Resolutions
HR1032, Wallace -- Congratulating the Manila High School Lions as Class 3A boys' district and regional basketball champions.
HR1033, Lowery -- To support efforts to revise Arkansas Code § 9-12-312(a)(4), concerning the family support chart, in order to ensure appropriate child support awards.
HR1034, C. Douglas -- To recognize Colleen Nick and the Morgan Nick Foundation for their efforts in the prevention of missing and exploited children and in appreciation of their assistance to families of missing children.
HR1035, Magie -- To recognize Betty Flanagan Bumpers for her work to promote childhood immunization; and to encourage Arkansas families to consider seriously the importance of childhood immunization.
HR1036, M. Hodges -- To declare April 2015 as Organ Donation Month in Arkansas.
SENATE
SB761, J. Hendren -- Regarding the payment of fees and expenses resulting from civil litigation.
SB762, A. Clark -- To require water providers to extend water service to nonresident consumers and property owners.
SB763, Files -- To promote transparency in health care.
SB764, Irvin -- To provide that the Department of Human Services shall apply for federal grants to establish parenting courses.
SB765, G. Stubblefield -- To amend the law concerning the dates associated with the preferential primary elections; to amend the law concerning election dates.
SB766, G. Stubblefield -- To keep children in the family home by involving the whole family in decision making.
SB767, Rapert -- To regulate prepaid funeral benefits contracts under the Arkansas Prepaid Funeral Benefits Law; to define a nonguaranteed prepaid contract; and to declare an emergency.
SB768, Rapert -- To establish the Unclaimed Life Insurance Benefits Act.
SB769, Rapert -- To amend the Property and Casualty Law.
SB770, Rapert -- To regulate insurance companies, licensees, and other insurance-related matters.
SB771, J. Hutchinson -- An act to establish a retail off-premises permit for the sale of wine at grocery stores and to provide economic stimulus to the fruit growers in the state.
SB772, D. Johnson -- To make technical corrections to Title 19 and Title 27 of the Arkansas Code concerning public finance.
SB773, Elliott -- To create additional forms of custody in juvenile delinquency cases.
SB774, Elliott -- To modify the requirements for awarding the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program -- Part 2 if there are insufficient funds.
SB775, Elliott -- To clarify the rights of putative parents in proceedings regarding juveniles who are the subjects of putative parent claims.
SB776, Elliott -- To provide for in-state, in-county, in-district, local, or resident tuition for veterans and their dependents, regardless of residence.
SB777, Hickey -- To amend the laws pertaining to procurement.
SB778, Maloch -- To provide opportunities for hearings before the Oil and Gas Commission; and to provide the Oil and Gas Commission with flexibility regarding the holding of hearings.
SB779, Maloch -- To authorize the Arkansas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board to conduct criminal background checks to enhance the enforcement of appraiser qualifications and standards.
SB780, Rapert -- To amend various provisions of the Arkansas Insurance Code; and to provide modernization of regulation by the insurance commissioner.
SB781, J. Woods -- Concerning the earning of meritorious good time credits by an inmate in a local correctional facility.
SB782, Irvin -- To phase in an income tax exemption for retirement and survivor benefits from the uniformed services.
SB783, B. Sample -- To amend the laws concerning learner's permits.
SB784, D. Johnson -- To make technical corrections to Title 9 of the Arkansas Code concerning family law.
SB785, J. Woods -- The Alcohol and Pregnancy Awareness Act.
SB786, S. Flowers -- To amend the law concerning the report of a death of a child.
SB787, S. Flowers -- To permit a Department of Arkansas State Police investigator to determine a report of child abuse has no merit.
SB788, Elliott -- To modify the requirements concerning screening for dyslexia; and to clarify the requirements for school districts to screen students for dyslexia.
SB789, J. Hendren -- To establish the Open-Enrollment Public Charter School Facilities Funding Aid Program.
Notable Resolutions
SR17, Teague -- To congratulate Heather Jackson as a recipient of a Prudential Spirit of Community Award.
SR18, Caldwell -- Providing that the Senate of the Ninetieth General Assembly shall stand in recess Monday, March 23, 2015, through Wednesday, March 25, 2015, and reconvene on Thursday, March 26, 2015.
SR19, Teague -- To honor the career of Wayland Lovell upon his retirement and to commend his contributions to Arkansas as a social worker for more than 52 years.
Metro on 03/05/2015