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Legislative Summary ARKANSAS 91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY 9 - MAY 1, 2017 1 ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU CONTACT INFO For more information, please contact the Arkansas Farm Bureau Public Affairs and Government Relations Department: Stanley Hill Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations 501-228-1564 [email protected] Zac Bradley Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations 501-228-1626 [email protected] Jeff Pitchford Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations – State Affairs 501-228-1625 [email protected] Jason Smedley Assistant Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations – Local Affairs and Rural Development 501-228-1627 [email protected] Michelle Kitchens Assistant Director of Public Affairs and Government Relations – Legislative Research 501-228-1324 [email protected] arfb.com facebook.com/arkansasfarmbureau twitter.com/arfb youtube.com/arkansasfarmbureau tastearkansas.com 2 91st General Assembly very legislative session, I am inspired by the passion of our membership and their efforts to make Arkansas a better environment for Eagriculture. A key part of our mission is to advocate the interests of agriculture in the public arena. Our Farm Bureau leaders go above and beyond. They are constant advocates for agriculture. Thank you for being that voice for agriculture when it would be easier to let someone else speak up. I also want to thank members of the General Assembly and Gov. Asa Hutchinson for being receptive to our work. They have helped us have a great session and we appreciate their support. Farm Bureau loves working with you to make Arkansas a better place. We must continue to work on issues that affect our ability to provide food, fiber and shelter for citizens of our state, this country and many parts of the world. I also want to credit our amazing staff who represent Farm Bureau at the Capitol and across the state. They make us better advocates and are vital to our success. Arkansas Farm Bureau has a long history of advocacy. It is our heritage. Our goal is that advocacy will always be synonymous with our name. I thank you again for your hard work on behalf of Arkansas agriculture and the people of the great state of Arkansas. God bless you and your families, God bless the farmers and ranchers of our state and God bless Arkansas Farm Bureau. —Randy Veach Arkansas Farm Bureau President 3 ARKANSAS FARM BUREAU KEY VOTES PRIORITIES FOR THE These are the votes of the General ST Assembly on priority bills and the waste 91 GENERAL ASSEMBLY tire bill. The votes are included as a refer- ence for our leadership to inform them about the votes of their elected officials. Protection of Agriculture Exemptions (C) The Senate Majority Leader or Notes: SB 608 (Files) was filed as a shell bill his designee who is a member of • The Speaker of the House rarely casts a vote for bills on the House floor. to sunset all sales and use tax exemptions the Senate; • Not Voting can indicate an excused in the state. The bill was never amended (D) The Senate Minority Leader or absence that will not be reflected on the and never considered. SB 115 (Hendren his designee who is a member of state website & Pitsch), now Act 78, lowered the state’s the Senate; • Source: The Arkansas General Assembly website: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ income tax and created a legislative task (E) The Speaker of the House of Rep- assembly/2017/2017R/Pages/Home.aspx force to review the state tax code. SB 115 resentatives or was one of two bills in Gov. Asa Hutchin- his designee who is a member of HB 1206 – Seed Standardization Law (Farm Bureau Supported) son’s tax-cut package. The task force was the House of appointed within 30 days of the session’s Representatives; House Vote: adjournment. The task force includes 16 (F) Five members of the House of Yeas: 96 Allen, Ballinger, Baltz, Barker, Beck, Bent- members of the legislature and will file its Representatives ley, Blake, Boyd, Bragg, Branscum, Brown, initial report before Dec. 1, 2017 and the appointed by the Speaker of the Burch, Capp, Cavenaugh, Coleman, Collins, final report by Sept. 1, 2018. Farm Bureau House of Cozart, Dalby, Davis, Deffenbaugh, Della Rosa, Dan Douglas, Drown, Eaves, Eubanks, will actively engage in the work of this Representatives; Farrer, Deborah Ferguson, Kenneth Fer- task force. (G) The House Majority Leader or guson, Fielding, Charlene Fite, Lanny Fite, Task Reform and Relief Legislative his designee who is a member Flowers, Fortner, Gates, Gazaway, Gonzales, Michael John Gray, Michelle Gray, Hammer, Task Force: of the House of Representatives; Henderson, Hendren, Hillman, Grant (A) The President Pro Tempore of and Hodges, Monte Hodges, Holcomb, Hollow- the Senate or his designee who is (H) The House Minority Leader or ell, House, Jean, Jett, Johnson, Ladyman, Leding, Lemons, Love, Lowery, Lundstrum, a member of the Senate; his designee who is a member of Lynch, Maddox, Magie, Mayberry, McCol- (B) Five members of the Senate ap- the House of Representatives. lum, McElroy, McGill, McNair, David Meeks, pointed by the House Speaker Jeremy Gillam and Stephen Meeks, Miller, Murdock, Nicks, Senate President Jonathan Dismang Payton, Penzo, Petty, Pilkington, Pitsch, President Pro Tempore of the Richey, Richmond, Rushing, Rye, Sabin, Senate; named their appointees to the Tax Re- form and Relief Legislative Task Force on May 8. The Senate members are Senators Bart Hester, Missy Irvin, Dave Wallace, Johnathan Dismang, Jim Hendren, Keith Ingram, Joyce Elliott and Larry Teague. The House members are Representatives Joe Jett, Frances Cavenaugh, Jim Dotson, Lane Jean, Mathew Pitsch, Bob Johnson, Warwick Sabin and Kenneth Ferguson. Additional Funding for the Univer- sity of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture House Budget Chairman Repre- sentative Lane Jean confirmed that the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture was “taken care of” in the 4 budget. The money will be approximately adopt or continue in effect local legisla- HB 1206 continued $2.5 million of one-time funds coming tion relating to the registration, packag- Shepherd, Smith, Sorvillo, Speaks, Sturch, Sullivan, Tosh, Tucker, Vaught, Walker, from a settlement negotiated by the At- ing, labeling, sale, storage, distribution, Wardlaw, Warren, Watson, Whitaker, Wil- torney General’s office. cultivation, any other use, or application liams, Wing, Womack, of seeds. Local legislation in violation of Not Voting: Retention of Current Structure of the this section is void and unenforceable. Armstrong, Dotson, Charlotte Douglas, Commodity Research and Promotion Gillam Programs Protection of Livestock Farming and Senate Vote: There were no attempts to restructure Ranching Practices Yeas: 34 the commodity research and promotion HB 1665, now Act 606 (Vaught Bledsoe, Bond, Caldwell, E. Cheatham, L. boards. Arkansas Agriculture Depart- & Stubblefield) creates a civil cause of Chesterfield, Collins-Smith, J. Cooper, J. Dismang, L. Eads, Elliott, J. English, Files, ment Secretary Wes Ward is on record action against a person who has gained Flippo, S. Flowers, T. Garner, J. Hendren, saying that is not one of the objectives of access to a nonpublic area of another per- Hester, Hickey, J. Hutchinson, Ingram, the administrative branch. son’s property and engaged in an act that Irvin, Johnson, King, Lindsey, Maloch, Rapert, Rice, Sample, Sanders, Standridge, HB 1104 (Joint Budget), now Act exceeds their authority within the non- Stubblefield, Teague, Wallace, Williams 21, appropriates funds, $8,300,000, to the public area. Act 606 prohibits employees Soybean Promotion Board for operations from removing the employer’s data, Excused: Clark and research and development expenses. paper, records or any other documents. It HB 1105 (Joint Budget), now Act 320, appropriates funds, $447,995, to the Wheat Promotion Board for operations and research and development expenses. HB 1106 (Joint Budget), now Act 22, appropriates funds, $6,980,696, to the Rice Research and Promotion Board for operations and research and development expenses. HB 1107 (Joint Budget), now Act 23, appropriates funds, $2,000,000, to the Corn and Grain Sorghum Promotion Board for operations and research and development expenses. SB 83 (Joint Budget), now Act 39, appropriates funds, $1,100,000, to the Arkansas Beef Council for operations. SB 84 (Joint Budget) now Act 40, appropriates funds, $120,000, to the Catfish Promotion Board for operations, also prohibits recording images or sound HB 1665 – Unauthorized Access Bill (Farm Bureau Supported) research, promotion and consumer ac- occurring within an employer’s commer- tivities. cial property and using the recording in a House Vote (final passage: concurrence in manner that damages the employer. the Senate Amendment) Seed Standardization Law Yeas: 77 Ballinger, Baltz, Barker, Beck, Bentley, HB 1206, now Act 156 (Hillman & Strengthen Private Property Boyd, Bragg, Branscum, Brown, Burch, Caldwell) restricts the regulation of seed Protection Capp, Cavenaugh, Coleman, Collins, to state agencies. This mirrors the state’s HB 1554, now Act 877 (Drown & Cozart, Dalby, Davis, Della Rosa, Dotson, Dan Douglas, Charlotte Douglas, Drown, law on fertilizer and chemicals. The law Irvin) enhances the penalty for criminal Eubanks, Farrer, David Ferguson, Kenneth. states a political subdivision shall not reg- trespass if the trespasser was in posses- Ferguson, Charlene Fite, Gates, Gazaway, ulate the registration, packaging, labeling, sion of a killing device, a harvesting de- Gonzales, Hammer, Hendren,
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