Senate vote on SB30

Senate Bill 30 would authorize the use of $8.2 billion in state and federal funds by the Department of Human Services’ Division of Medical Services in fiscal 2019, which starts July 1.The appropriation includes spending authority for the state’s Medicaid expansion called Arkansas Works.The bill passed 27-2.

YEA (27)

Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers Will Bond, D-Little Rock Ronald Caldwell, R-Wynne Eddie Cheatham, D-Crossett Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock Alan Clark, R-Lonsdale John Cooper, R-Jonesboro Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy Lance Eads, R-Springdale Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock Jane English, R-North Little Rock

Trent Garner, R-El Dorado Jim Hendren, R-Sulphur Springs Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs Jimmy Hickey Jr., R-Texarkana Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock

Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View Blake Johnson, R-Corning Uvalde Lindsey, D-Fayetteville Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia Jason Rapert, R-Bigelow Terry Rice, R-Waldron

Bill Sample, R-Hot Springs David J. Sanders, R-Little Rock Larry Teague, D-Nashville David Wallace, R-Leachville

NAY (2)

Linda Collins-Smith, R-Pocahontas

Bryan King, R-Green Forest

DID NOT VOTE (2)

Scott Flippo, R-Mountain Home Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch

PRESENT (1)

Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff