Legislative summary

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

HOUSE

HB1683 C. Douglas — Concerning a school district’s antipolicy and the release of the name of the social media account holder who bullied another student through an electronic act over social media.

HB1684 C. Douglas — To establish a public database for persons convicted of a serious domestic offense; and to create a criminal offense for noncompliance with certain requirements.

HB1685 C. Douglas — An act to include dating violence awareness in the curriculum for health.

HB1686 L. Fite — To establish a Palliative Care Program in the Department of Health; and to create the Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Task Force.

HB1687 Ballinger — To amend the law concerning ballot questions; and to add clarity to the format of a ballot question.

HB1688 Ballinger — To amend the law concerning municipal initiative and referendum petitions; and to extend the time for circulation of municipal initiative and referendum petitions.

HB1689 Ballinger — To amend the law concerning the award of attorney’s fees in illegal exaction lawsuits.

HB1690 Leding — To amend the definition of e-cigarette.

HB1691 Leding — To create the Information Practices Act of 2015; to protect the right to privacy to restrict access to certain government records containing personal information.

HB1692 C. Fite — To create the Arkansas Wine Grants Equalization Act.

HB1693 Tucker — Concerning private investigators and private security agencies.

HB1694 C. Fite — To allow school district enrollment by foster children; to allow the payment of state foundation funding; and to ensure continuity of education.

HB1695 G. Hodges — To amend various provisions of Title 6 of the Arkansas Code.

HB1696 G. Hodges — To amend the laws concerning education.

HB1697 G. Hodges — To amend the Arkansas Historic Rehabilitation Income Tax Credit.

HB1698 C. Douglas — To amend the penalty for not providing a name and description of personal and real property.

HB1699 Bennett — Repealing the reduction in a fine for a person who is wearing a seat belt.

HB1700 Rushing — To amend the law concerning a municipality supplying water service into a rural territory.

HB1701 Sabin — To require the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to create a list of all permits issued by the department.

HB1702 D. Douglas — To amend the procedures related to the issuance of registration and title to motor vehicles acquired by operation of law; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1703 D. Douglas — To amend the Alternative Fuels Tax Law; to amend the excise tax levied on alternative fuels; to create a fair and equitable method of maintaining the roads in the state; and to declare an emergency.

HB1704 Ballinger — To permit a person convicted of a felony to possess a muzzleloader.

HB1705 Ballinger — To amend the laws concerning the reparation of landfills.

HB1706 Ballinger — Concerning the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence offenses when the victim is not available to testify.

HB1707 Ballinger — Concerning law enforcement response and reporting during the investigation of an act of domestic violence; to be referred to as “Laura’s Law”.

HB1708 Dotson — Creating the lifetime concealed handgun license; and establishing the requirements, criteria and fees for the lifetime concealed handgun license.

HB1709 Gates — Concerning the training offered to constables by the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.

HB1710 Neal — To amend the law concerning a municipal boundary line and annexation.

HB1711 Talley — To regulate embalming, cremating, funeral directing, transporting human

remains, the operation of funeral establishments, crematoriums, transport services, and the state Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.

HB1712 Love — To authorize state-supported institutions of higher education to designate specified smoking areas or zones.

HB1713 Eubanks — To amend various provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning public education.

HB1714 Pitsch — To repeal the publication requirement for rules and regulations promulgated by the state Highway Commission.

HB1715 J. Mayberry — To revise health insurance coverage for medically necessary foods.

HB1716 Pitsch — To provide for the consideration of a vehicle miles traveled tax to address declining fuel tax revenue.

HB1717 Rushing — To require a water provider to extend water utility service to nonresident consumers and property owners.

HB1718 Baine — To provide incentives for the development of an entertainment district; and to provide an income tax credit for the development of an entertainment district.

HB1719 Petty — To allow the award of flags upon the death of an emergency medical services licensee.

HB1720 Shepherd — To provide for free access to the statutory portion of the Arkansas Code through electronic means with no restrictions on use.

HB1721 D. Ferguson — To limit smoking in long-term care facilities; and to add the definition of long-term care facility to the Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006.

HB1722 D. Ferguson — To prohibit the use of e-cigarettes on each campus of state-supported institutions of higher education.

HB1723 Scott — To amend Arkansas law concerning the licensure, certification, or permitting of active duty service members, returning military veterans, and spouses; and to declare an emergency.

HB1724 Bennett — Concerning the analysis and storage of DNA samples.

HB1725 Jett — To amend the Water Resource Conservation and Development Incentives Act; and to amend the income tax credits available for water resource conservation and development projects.

HB1726 Gossage — To modify the provisions of Title 6 of the Arkansas Code concerning assessments.

HB1727 Womack — To allow public access to certain criminal records; and to amend the law concerning criminal records in Arkansas.

HB1728 Copeland — Concerning fingerprinting by a law enforcement agency; pertaining to duplicate records of a criminal offense when there is an arrest for a probation violation.

HB1729 Copeland — To create the Arkansas Sunset Act of 2015; to provide for systematic review of agencies; and to encourage efficient administration of government functions.

HB1730 Bell — To eliminate excessive government regulation; to create systematic review of old rules; to prevent rules from becoming antiquated; and to require approval of old rules by the Legislative Council.

HB1731 Copeland — To require that testimony before a legislative committee be under oath.

HB1732 Harris — Concerning state employees’ compensation.

HB1733 Cozart — To establish the Achievement School District.

HB1734 Dotson — To promote the free market competition of student course materials; and to prohibit the cost of student course materials from being added to a student’s billing account.

HB1735 Payton — To amend Arkansas law concerning the disclosure of damage and repair on a certificate of title.

HB1736 Dotson — An act to allow Medicaid recipients direct access to a chiropractic physician without referral from a primary care physician.

HB1737 Branscum — Providing that administrative rules promulgated by a state agency shall not become effective until reviewed and approved by a legislative committee.

HB1738 Richmond — Concerning the prosecuting attorney for the 15th Judicial District; and to declare an emergency.

HB1739 Vines — To amend the law regarding the shipping of

wine.

HB1740 C. Douglas — To amend Arkansas law concerning the time for the General Assembly to meet in fiscal session.

HB1741 C. Douglas — Concerning the governor’s ability to pardon, commute a sentence or grant clemency when a convicted felon has a terminal medical diagnosis.

HB1742 Tosh — To amend provisions of Title 6 of the Arkansas Code concerning the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program – Part 2.

HB1743 Sorvillo — To align annual school elections with general elections; and to amend other provisions of law concerning boards of directors of school districts.

HB1744 D. Douglas — To allow the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department to utilize the automatic license plate reader system.

HB1745 Sorvillo — To establish an Individual Income Tax Credit Opportunity Scholarship Program.

HB1746 Tucker — To provide incentives for the purchase of organic materials.

HB1747 Sullivan — To increase access to health care and reduce health care costs; to encourage the use of telemedicine; and to declare an emergency.

HB1748 Tucker — Concerning the establishment of the Arkansas P20W Educational Data System; and to implement the Arkansas P20W Educational Data System Act.

HB1749 Miller — To redesign current home and communityservice programs; to establish the Arkansas Community First Choice Program; and to declare an emergency.

HB1750 D. Ferguson — To amend provisions of the Arkansas Code concerning governing boards of community colleges.

HB1751 House — Concerning the administration of a lethal injection at the Department of Correction; and to declare an emergency.

HB1752 House — To clarify the preference for a relative over a nonrelative caregiver for placement of a child that is in the custody of the Department of Human Services.

HB1753 House — To amend the statutes regarding tobacco products; and to provide for the limited disclosure of certain information relating to tobacco sales and taxation.

NOTABLE RESOLUTIONS

HR1038 C. Douglas — To raise Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and to recognize the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

HR1039 Broadaway — To recognize the 85th anniversary of the 1930 meteorite impact in Paragould, Arkansas.

HR1040 Vines — To congratulate Lakeside Middle School as a “High-Achieving Overall School” and as recipient of an Arkansas School Recognition Program Award.

SENATE

SB836 Irvin — To amend the law concerning the Association of Arkansas Counties.

SB837 Irvin — To amend the law concerning the filing of maps upon annexation, consolidation, detachment, incorporation or unincorporation proceedings.

SB838 D. Johnson — To amend Arkansas law concerning the online publication of the Arkansas Code.

SB839 Files — To amend the distribution of certain real property transfer tax revenue; and to provide a source of funding for the U.S. Marshals Museum.

SB840 A. Clark — To regulate the most dangerous dogs.

SB841 B. Sample — To amend the law concerning accountants and license renewals.

SB842 D. Sanders — To exempt services provided by certain legally admitted aliens from the definition of employment under the Department of Workforce Services Law.

SB843 Hickey — To amend the Amendment 82 Big River Steel Project Tax Provisions of Acts 2013, No. 1084, and Acts 2013, No. 1476.

SB844 Hickey — To amend the income tax credit for waste reduction, reuse or recycling equipment; to amend retention tax credits; and to amend the sales and use tax exemption for repair and replacement of certain machinery and equipment.

SB845 J. Cooper — To increase access to health care and reduce health care costs; to encourage the use of telemedicine; and to declare an emergency.

SB846 Bledsoe — Concerning telemedicine.