Legislative summary

This is a summary list of bills (by bill number, lead sponsor and title) introduced through Wednesday 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

HB1257, Dale — An act to clarify the payment of child support arrearages after the duty to support ceases.

HB1258, Dale — To increase the percentage of a child support payment that can be withheld for the purpose of liquidating child support arrearages.

HB1259, Dale — To amend the definitions of “employee” and “employer” under the Division of State New Hire Registry.

HB1260, Ratliff — To simplify the accessibility of data on public school district websites.

HB1261, D. Altes — To clarify the process for filing and finalizing administrative appeals of determinations by the director of the Department of Workforce Services.

Notable Resolutions HR1008, Fielding — To honor the Camden Fairview Cardinal High School football team for their 2012 undefeated season, conference championship and state championship.

HR1009, S. Meeks — To support western states and the federal transfer of public lands to the western states.

SENATE

SB247, D. Sanders — To regulate program integrity, investigation, oversight, and audit functions of the state as they relate to the Arkansas Medicaid program.

SB248, D. Sanders — To create the Arkansas Medical Assistance Fraud Prevention Program and to provide for the adoption of a medical assistance fraud prevention program.

SB250, E. Cheatham — To clarify definitions and record retention requirements for the ethical guidelines and prohibitions for school board members, administrators, and employees.

SB251, G. Stubblefield — To clarify the procedures for remitting funds associated with Uniform Commercial Code activity; and to declare an emergency.

SB253, Hester — To require the use of apportionment factors to determine the amount of partnership income to be allocated to Arkansas.

Notable Resolutions SR5, Bookout — To congratulate the Arkansas State University Red Wolves football team for winning back-to-back Sun Belt Conference championships and the 2013 GoDaddy.com bowl.