This is a summary list of bills (by bill number, lead sponsor and title) introduced through Thursday 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
HB1648, Leding -- To prohibit private transfers of adopted children except to relatives.
HB1649, J. Mayberry -- The Van Accessible Parking Act.
HB1650, Ratliff -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning background checks for licensed personnel and classified employees of public schools.
HB1651, Ratliff -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas code concerning teacher licensure, teacher preparation programs, and educator ethics violations.
HB1652, Ratliff -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning the teacher excellence and support system.
HB1653, Baltz -- To create the 2015 School Safety Act.
HB1654, C. Fite -- To focus the law regarding the confidentiality of records of child abuse or neglect on those kept by children's advocacy centers.
HB1655, Collins -- To revise rate-making of public utilities.
HB1656, Nicks -- To repeal the requirement to prepare a supplemental motorcycle traffic accident report for a traffic accident involving a motorcycle or other similar motor-driven cycle.
HB1657, Sturch -- To address petitions for municipal incorporation and to address certain annexation requirements.
HB1658, J. Mayberry -- To create the task force on alpha-gal.
HB1659, Hammer -- To amend the law concerning the rural fire departments study committee.
HB1660, Ratliff -- Concerning the parole eligibility of certain inmates in the Department of Correction who were sentenced for controlled-substance-related felonies.
HB1661, Jett -- To amend the law concerning tuition waivers for Arkansas National Guard soldiers and airmen.
HB1662, Jett -- To exempt from the sales and use tax certain services and parts and other property incorporated into certain commercial jet aircraft; and to provide a sales and use tax exemption for sales of aircraft under certain circumstances.
HB1663, Cozart -- To amend various provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning public school funding amounts; to establish enhanced transportation funding; and to declare an emergency.
HB1664, Cozart -- To preserve competition in selling group insurance policies to individual school districts.
HB1665, Bennett -- To amend the law concerning abandoned property; and to alter the method by which notice of the abandonment of property is published.
HB1666, Vines -- Concerning the application to terminate a person's parole or probation.
HB1667, Vines -- Concerning the defense of mental disease or defect.
HB1668, Vines -- To regulate collection activities and the practices of collection agencies.
HB1669, Womack -- To promote the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution; and to protect a citizen's right to observe and record public events.
HB1670, Lowery -- To protect the parental rights of a putative father; and to vacate an adoption within six (6) months from the final adoption order upon evidence of fraud or a lack of knowledge of the child's existence.
HB1671, Broadaway -- Concerning foster youth transitions.
HB1672, Broadaway -- Concerning who is eligible to be an executor of a will or an administrator of an estate.
HB1673, Broadaway -- Concerning the definition of "dependent juvenile" in the Arkansas juvenile code.
HB1674, Broadaway -- Concerning the jurisdiction of a circuit court over juvenile matters.
HB1675, Magie -- An act to authorize additional venues for the sale of raffle tickets by charitable organizations; to allow the awarding of prizes and incentives to the most productive seller of raffle tickets.
HB1676, D. Meeks -- To prohibit re-homing of a child.
HB1677, D. Meeks -- To expand the definition of "fictive kin" to include fictive kin for infants.
HB1678, Shepherd -- Concerning the penalty for driving on a suspended or revoked driver's license when the suspension or revocation is the result of the person driving while intoxicated.
HB1679, Gates -- To amend the laws concerning independent contractors.
HB1680, Gates -- Concerning the annexation of territory under municipal territorial jurisdiction.
HB1681, Gates -- To reduce government spending; to amend the law concerning methods of public notice; and to amend portions of the law that resulted from initiated Act 2 of 1914.
HB1682, Tucker -- To allow a voter to register to vote on the day of an election or during early voting; and to amend Amendment 51 of the Arkansas Constitution.
Notable Resolutions
HR1037, C. Fite -- To recognize the month of March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
SENATE
SB790, J. Hutchinson -- To clarify the law regarding employee benefits and employer contributions under the Department of Workforce Services Law.
SB791, J. Hutchinson -- To establish the Arkansas Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; to repeal the temporary assistance for needy families oversight board; and to declare an emergency.
SB792, J. Hendren -- To enact the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act.
SB793, D. Johnson -- To repeal obsolete statutes in and make other technical corrections to Title 27 of the Arkansas Code.
SB794, J. Woods -- To authorize the implementation of a process for administrative adjudication for a violation of a motor vehicle regulation by a driver on a military reservation; and to declare an emergency.
SB795, J. Woods -- To update the military code of Arkansas.
SB796, J. Woods -- To amend the Fire Prevention Act concerning security devices.
SB797, J. Woods -- Concerning the sale of event tickets.
SB798, S. Flowers -- To protect children in delinquency cases and families in need of services cases from unwarranted testing for drug or alcohol abuse.
SB799, Rapert -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning classified and nonclassified employees of state-supported institutions of higher education.
SB800, Rapert -- To ensure the safety, reliability and cost-effectiveness of transportation network company services; and to preserve and enhance access to transportation options for the state's residents and visitors.
SB801, Rapert -- To exempt from sales and use taxes sand and other proppants used directly in certain manufacturing processes.
SB802, Rapert -- To amend the law concerning the sales and use taxes applicable to certain services; and to exempt certain solid-waste services from sales and use taxes.
SB803, Hester -- To allow a candidate to run for more than one federal office simultaneously.
SB804, B. Sample -- Concerning the eligibility of certain retired state and public school employees for health insurance coverage.
SB805, A. Clark -- Concerning the civil forfeiture of assets involved in certain criminal offenses.
SB806, A. Clark -- Concerning the training offered to constables by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
SB807, J. Woods -- To clarify the law concerning who may view a criminal background check; and to declare an emergency.
SB808, J. Woods -- To amend the law concerning adult maltreatment and protected health information of a maltreated adult or individual residing in a long-term care facility.
SB809, J. Woods -- To establish dual authority and responsibility over the Child Maltreatment Act for the Department of Human Services and the Arkansas Department of State Police.
SB810, Elliott -- To require the Department of Human Services to accept educational neglect reports and to assess the safety of all children regarding accepted maltreatment reports.
SB811, Irvin -- To amend various sections of the code to comply with the Arkansas attorney general's state task force on human trafficking.
SB812, B. Johnson -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning the Arkansas College and Career Readiness Program.
SB813, B. Johnson -- To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning norm-referenced assessments.
SB814, B. Pierce -- To amend the Arkansas Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act.
SB815, L. Chesterfield -- To review certain actions of the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services by the House committee on judiciary and the Senate committee on judiciary.
SB816, B. Sample -- To amend the election laws concerning election equipment, testing procedures, election processes and election procedures.
SB817, E. Williams -- To amend Arkansas law concerning registration and reporting by approved political action committees; and amending portions of Arkansas law resulting from initiated acts.
SB818, Bledsoe -- To amend the Nursing Home Resident and Employee Immunization Act of 1999.
SB819, Bledsoe -- To amend the reimbursement for certain medical supplies or services to the Department of Health; and to preserve the immunization program of the Department of Health.
SB820, U. Lindsey -- Providing for home confinement and electronic monitoring as opposed to imprisonment for first-time, nonviolent offenders convicted of a felony and sentenced to the Department of Correction.
SB821, J. Hendren -- To clarify the health insurance benefits for state and public school employees.
SB822, J. Hendren -- To modify the definition of "dependent" under the state and public school life and health insurance program.
SB823, J. Hendren -- To clarify the payroll deductions of a state employee.
SB824, J. Hendren -- To clarify the procedure for state contributions to the state and public school life and health insurance program on behalf of state employees.
SB825, A. Clark -- To amend the laws regarding hunting licenses.
SB826, J. Hendren -- Concerning the eligibility of certain retirees to continue coverage in the state and public school life and health insurance program.
SB827, Irvin -- To create the healthy Arkansas educational program.
SB828, D. Sanders -- To create the Arkansas Health Insurance Innovation Act of 2015; and to declare an emergency.
SB829, D. Sanders -- To enhance the public integrity of the Medicaid Fairness Act; and to amend certain provisions of the Medicaid Fairness Act.
SB830, D. Sanders -- To create the Arkansas Medicaid False Claims Act of 2015.
SB831, D. Sanders -- To authorize the director of the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services to determine that a Medicaid provider is out of business and that a Medicaid overpayment cannot be collected.
SB832, L. Chesterfield -- To create a center for workforce innovation and strategic economic public and private partnerships.
SB833, Maloch -- To amend the valuation procedures used for purposes of ad valorem taxes; and to provide a valuation method for natural gas piping and equipment used in a natural gas production.
SB834, Elliott -- To create an income tax exemption for certain awards, grants and scholarships awarded by a nonprofit volunteer service organization.
SB835, Irvin -- To amend the law concerning the issuance of marriage licenses.
Notable Resolutions
SR20, B. Johnson -- In celebration of "Pay It Forward" day in Arkansas on April 30, 2015.
SR21, A. Clark -- Celebrating the reopening of the Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and recognizing its contributions to the community.
SR22, Irvin -- To oppose the Proposed Plains and Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project; and to encourage federal and state action to prevent the project or limit its negative consequences.
SR23, Irvin -- In support of expanded liquefied natural gas exports from the United States.
SR24, Irvin -- To recognize the importance of pregnancy resource centers in Arkansas.
Metro on 03/06/2015