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Second Day's Proceedings Hall of the House Of 41 SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Little Rock, Arkansas January 11, 2005 The House was called to order at 9:30 a. m. by Mr. Stovall, the Speaker. The following members answered to the roll call: Abernathy, Adams, Adcock, Anderson, Berry, Blair, Blount, Bolin, Bond, Borhauer, Boyd, Bradford, Bright, Burris, Chesterfield, Childers, Clemons, Cook, Cooper, Cowling, Creekmore, Dangeau, Davenport, Davis, Dickinson, Dobbins, Dunn, Edwards, Elliott, D. Evans, L. Evans, Everett, Fite, Flowers, George, Glidewell, Goss, Green, Hardwick, Hardy, Harrelson, Harris, J. Hutchinson, T. Hutchinson, Jackson, , Jeffrey, D. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kenney, Key, Kidd, Lamoureux, Ledbetter, Lewellen, Mack, Mahony, Maloch, J Martin, M. Martin, Matayo, Mathis, Maxwell, McDaniel, Medley, Nichols, Norton, Ormond, Overbey, Pace, Pate, Petrus, Pickett, Prater, Pritchard, Pyle, Ragland, Rainey, Rankin, Reep, Roebuck, Rogers, Rosenbaum, Sample, Saunders, Schulte, Scroggin, Smith Sullivan, Sumpter, Thomason, Thompson, Thyer, Verkamp, Walters, Wells, Willis, Wills, Wood, Wyatt, Mr. Speaker. Total .......................................................................100 The following member(s) was absent and did not answer to the roll call: Total ...........................................................................0 A quorum was present. The House stood and was led in prayer by House Chaplain, Reverend Freddie W. Stovall, Heber Springs, Arkansas. The House stood and gave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The reading of the Journal of yesterday’s proceedings was dispensed with. ___________________________________________________________________ 85th General Assembly January 11, 2005 - 2nd Day's Proceedings 42 COMMITTEE REPORT January 11, 2005 RULES KEN COWLING CHAIRPERSON HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 1001 DO PASS BY REPRESENTATIVE STOVALL SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 DO PASS BY SENATE RULES, RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS Upon motion of Representative Mahony, HOUSE BILL NO. 1031 was placed back on second reading for the purpose of amendment. AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1031 Amend HOUSE BILL NO. 1031 as originally introduced: Add Representatives Mack, Petrus, Rainey, and Wood as cosponsors of the bill AND Page 6, delete lines 19 through 22 and substitute the following: "(D) Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians except where the board has promulgated regulations dealing specifically with this program; (E) The charitable clinic; (F) The Department of Health; (G) The Department of Human Services; or (H) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy." /s/ Jodie Mahony The Amendment was read and adopted by more than 51 votes. /s/ Ms. Jo Renshaw Chief Clerk ___________________________________________________________________ 2nd Day's Proceedings - January 11, 2005 85th General Assembly 43 ENGROSSED BILL REPORTS ________________________ BILL H. STOVALL, III, CHAIRMAN January 11, 2005 The following bill(s) reported correctly engrossed: HOUSE BILL NO. 1031 - TITLE - BY REPRESENTATIVE MAHONY, ET AL HOUSE BILL ENGROSSED AS TITLE AMENDED HOUSE BILL NO. 1031 __________________________________________ BY: REPRESENTATIVES MAHONY, MEDLEY, PATE, ABERNATHY, BOND, BORHAUER, BOYD, CREEKMORE, D. EVANS, KEY, MATHIS, S. PRATER, ROEBUCK, SAUNDERS, L. SMITH, THOMASON, WALTERS, MACK, PETRUS, RAINEY, WOOD BY: SENATORS HORN, WOMACK, BAKER, BROADWAY, HIGGINBOTHAM, T. SMITH A BILL FOR AN ACT TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW DONATED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS TO BE DISPENSED TO PATIENTS AT CHARITABLE CLINICS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. ___________________________________________________________________ 85th General Assembly January 11, 2005 - 2nd Day's Proceedings 44 HOUSE BILL NO. 1001 ____________________ BY: REPRESENTATIVE STOVALL Was read the third time and placed on final passage, the question being shall the Bill pass and shall the Emergency Clause be adopted. The vote was as follows: AFFIRMATIVE: Abernathy, Adams, Anderson, Berry, Blair, Bolin, Bond, Borhauer, Boyd, Bradford, Bright, Burris, Childers, Clemons, Cook, Cooper, Cowling, Creekmore, Dangeau, Davenport, Davis, Dickinson, Dunn, Edwards, Elliott, D. Evans, L. Evans, Everett, Fite, Flowers, George, Glidewell, Goss, Green, Hardwick, Hardy, Harrelson, Harris, J. Hutchinson, T. Hutchinson, Jackson, Jeffrey, D. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kenney, Key, Kidd, Lamoureux, Ledbetter, Lewellen, Mack, Mahony, Maloch, J. Martin, M. Martin, Matayo, Mathis, Maxwell, McDaniel, Medley, Nichols, Norton, Ormond, Overbey, Pace, Pate, Petrus, Pickett, Prater, Pritchard, Pyle, Ragland, Rainey, Rankin, Reep, Roebuck, Rosenbaum, Sample, Saunders, Schulte, Scroggin, L. Smith, Sullivan, Sumpter, Thomason, Thompson, Thyer, Verkamp, Walters, Wells, Wills, Wood, Wyatt. Total .........................................................................................93 NEGATIVE: Total ...........................................................................................0 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: Adcock, Blount, Chesterfield, Dobbins, Rogers, Willis, Mr. Speaker. Total ...........................................................................................7 VOTING PRESENT: Total ...........................................................................................0 Total number of votes cast..................................................................93 Total number voting in the affirmative .................................................93 Necessary to the passage of the bill ...................................................51 So the Bill passed and the title as read was agreed to. ___________________________________________________________________ 2nd Day's Proceedings - January 11, 2005 85th General Assembly 45 There being an Emergency Clause attached to HOUSE BILL NO. 1001, the Speaker ordered the clerk to call the roll upon the adoption of the Emergency Clause. The vote was as follows: EMERGENCY CLAUSE AFFIRMATIVE: Abernathy, Adams, Anderson, Berry, Blair, Bolin, Bond, Borhauer, Boyd, Bradford, Bright, Burris, Childers, Clemons, Cook, Cooper, Cowling, Creekmore, Dangeau, Davenport, Davis, Dickinson, Dunn, Edwards, Elliott, D. Evans, L. Evans, Everett, Fite, Flowers, George, Glidewell, Goss, Green, Hardwick, Hardy, Harrelson, Harris, J. Hutchinson, T. Hutchinson, Jackson, Jeffrey, D. Johnson, J. Johnson, Kenney, Key, Kidd, Lamoureux, Ledbetter, Lewellen, Mack, Mahony, Maloch, J. Martin, M. Martin, Matayo, Mathis, Maxwell, McDaniel, Medley, Nichols, Norton, Ormond, Overbey, Pace, Pate, Petrus, Pickett, Prater, Pritchard, Pyle, Ragland, Rainey, Rankin, Reep, Roebuck, Rosenbaum, Sample, Saunders, Schulte, Scroggin, L. Smith, Sullivan, Sumpter, Thomason, Thompson, Thyer, Verkamp, Walters, Wells, Wills, Wood, Wyatt. Total .........................................................................................93 NEGATIVE: Total ...........................................................................................0 ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: Adcock, Blount, Chesterfield, Dobbins, Rogers, Willis, Mr. Speaker. Total ...........................................................................................7 VOTING PRESENT: Total ...........................................................................................0 Total number of votes cast..................................................................93 Total number voting in the affirmative .................................................93 Necessary to the adoption of the emergency clause...........................67 So the Emergency Clause was adopted. ___________________________________________________________________ 85th General Assembly January 11, 2005 - 2nd Day's Proceedings 46 STATE OF ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2005 To Journal: I am writing to inform you that my key did not operate correctly today and, therefore, I was not able to vote. If I could have voted, I would have voted "yes" to HB 1001. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, J. R. Rogers State Representative JR: jrn ___________________________________________________________________ 2nd Day's Proceedings - January 11, 2005 85th General Assembly 47 HOUSE BILLS ORDERED TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE AS PASSED ____________________________________________________________ HOUSE BILL NO. 1001 BY REPRESENTATIVE STOVALL ARKANSAS SENATE SENATE BILLS RECEIVED FROM SENATE ______________________________________ SENATE BILL NO. 1 BY SENATE EFFICIENCY ARKANSAS SENATE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AND TRANSMITTED TO THE HOUSE ____________________________________________________ SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 BY SENATE RULES, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS The House stood in recess at 9:40 a.m. until 10.00 a.m. ___________________________________________________________________ 85th General Assembly January 11, 2005 - 2nd Day's Proceedings 48 JOINT SESSION ______________ The Joint Session was called to order by the Speaker of the House, The Honorable Bill H. Stovall, III. Ms. Ann Cornwell, Secretary of the Senate, called the role for the Senate. The following members answered to the roll call: Altes, Argue, Baker, Bisbee, Bookout, Broadway, Brown, Bryles, Capps, Critcher, Faris, Glover, Hendren, Higginbotham, Hill, Holt, Horn, G. Jeffress, J. Jeffress, Johnson, Laverty, Luker, Madison, Malone, Miller, Salmon, Smith, Steele, Taylor, Trusty, Whitaker, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Womack, Wooldridge. Total…………………………………35 Ms. Jo Renshaw, Chief Clerk for the House of Representatives, called the roll for the House. The following members answered to the roll call: Abernathy, Adams, Adcock,
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