The #arleg Senate is now back in session. 4 bills on the agenda, none deal with #FairMapsAR.

#arpx #arnews
#SB731 is being passed over.

Two amendments and only one other bill on the calendar. #arpx #arleg
Sen. Hammer has made a motion to amend #SB739 and to add it back to today’s calendar. #arpx #arleg
Sen. Hammer’s motion carries, #SB739 will be placed on today’s calendar for a vote.

Sen. Garner attempts to amend #SB730. Amendment fails voice vote; roll call requested

#arpx #arleg
#SB730 has been amended and was placed at the end of today’s calendar. #arpx #arleg Image
The Senate will hear #SB732, which prohibit “coercion” when it comes to the #Covidvaccine, then go into a short recess.

#arpx #arleg
Sen. Dismang is speaking against #SB732. He says that we all have the right to choose where we work; if we don’t agree with them, we leave.

This bill says that if you don’t agree with the #VaccineMandate you can then pull unemployment money.

#arpx #arleg
Garner asks Dismang if an employer should be able to fire someone based on race.

Dismang says someone’s skin color does not make anyone else sick.

Amazing.

#arpx #arleg
Sen. Rapert is back up spreading more #covid misinformation.

Isn’t it amazing how concerned these people are with making sure Arkansans keep getting sick.

#arpx #arleg #arnews
Sen. B. Johnson is closing on #SB732; the bill fails 🎉 Image
Rapert has made a motion to expunge the vote by which #SB732 failed. The motion is carried; he makes another motion to put it back on the calendar. Voice vote is taken, nos have it. Roll call requested #arpx #arleg
#SB732 has been added back to the end of today’s calendar #arpx #arleg Image
The #arleg Senate is in recess for “at least fifteen minutes”

We will be back soon with more coverage #arpx #arnews
The #arleg Senate is back. Tim Griffin is currently explaining to our Senators how the voting process works. #arpx #arnews
#SB739 is up first. Hammer is presenting as amended. #arpx #arleg

This provides exemptions for #COVID19 #VaccineMandates
#SB739 now has a sunset clause, meaning the law will expire. #arpx #arleg
Sen. Hendren says that #SB739 goes against #arpx’s at will to work status.

Sen. Hammer says he doesn’t see it that way… #arleg
Sen. Dismang is speaking against #SB739. He says he’s not here to debate #vaccines; he says this bill is not the bill to end #mandates.

#arleg #arnews
Sen. Dismang says #SB739 goes against Free Market conservatism. #arpx #arleg #arnews
Sen. Elliott speaks on the common good; she says that there are millions of people concerned for themselves and families because others won’t get their #CovidVaccines. #arpx #arleg
“People should have the right to be safe… the social contract matters.” -@xjelliott

#arpx #arleg #arnews
Our #arleg is constantly debating & voting on Arkansans lives. Not their freedoms, but lives. We will continue to see our neighbors & family die from #Covid_19 if we keep misleading the public. Remember people like Rapert, Johnson, Garner, etc.

We deserve better

#arpx #arnews
Sen. Hammer has closed on #SB739.

#SB739 passes, but the emergency clause has failed. Hammer makes motion to expunge the vote by which the emergency clause failed. It passed Image
#arleg senate is not voting on the emergency clause of #SB739

Emergency Clause has failed again; we are now going to expunge that second vote Image
The motion has failed.

So #SB739 has passed, but the emergency clause has officially failed.

Sen. Garner is now presenting #SB730. This allows unemployment benefits for people who refuse to get the #CovidVaccines. Image
Sen. Hendren this could increase business costs. #arpx #arleg
We are experiencing technological difficulties with the livestream. We will be back when it’s back up #arpx #arleg
Sen. Hill says that #SB730 is another incentive for people not to work. The GOP is imploding, y’all.

#arpx #arleg #arnews
Sen. Dismang is up speaking against #SB730. He sets the record straight and explains that the employer is responsible for paying unemployment, not the employees. He says that this could hurt #arpx businesses.

#arleg #arnews
Sen. English wants to make sure the public is aware that unemployment isn’t guaranteed; she says she does not want to mislead Arkansans. #arpx #arleg #arnews
#SB730 has passed; however, the emergency clause did not pass.

#SB732 is back up for consideration.

#arpx #arleg #arnews Image
#SB732 has passed; the emergency clause fails.

Senate has adjourned and will convene at 11AM tomorrow.

Insurance and Commerce will meet at 1PM; State Agencies will meet at 1:30PM; Rev and Tax will meet at 9AM tomorrow. Image

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8 Oct
Some more of this today. House currently trying to decide if #SB731 is relevant to the call of session.

#SB731 is the right to privacy regarding #CovidVaccine status.
🚨Update on #SB731🚨

The #arleg House has voted to hear #SB731, despite the DFA testifying that the federal #covid relief funds CANNOT be used in the context of the bill. #arpx #arnews
Rep. Ray says that #SB731 will cause more issues; he says that this is creating a new protected class in #arpx law.

This extended session has really reviled rips within the #arleg GOP.
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7 Oct
The #arleg Senate has reconvened.

So far Ballinger has been at the well yelling, essentially threatening the Senate to pass the Emergency Clause on #SB739. He’s running #SB731.

#arpx #arleg #arnews
#SB731 has passed, but the emergency clause has failed.

Hammer is up next; still trying to get #HB1977’s emergency clause passed. #arpx #arleg Image
#HB1977’s emergency clause has failed.

#HB1982 is up next; but remember, the emergency clause failed yesterday in the House. Image
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6 Oct
House is back. #HB1982 is up for a vote. Rep. Speaks is explaining all the changes that have been made. #arpx #arleg #FairMapsAR
Lots of discussion about the impact of #HB1982 and what it will do to communities of color. Remember, the two slivers of Pulaski that are being cut out of the 2nd are 65% and 70% nonwhite.

#arpx #arleg #FairMapsAR
@tippi31 brings up the fact that it’s been hard for #arleg to keep up with meetings, so to expect the public to do so is not right. #arpx #arnews #FairMapsAR
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6 Oct
#HB1982 is up in H-Stage Agencies now. #FairMapsAR #arleg #arpx

Watch live:

sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00284/Harmony/…
#HB1982 has passed out of H-State Agencies; remember, the senate companion bill failed today. #arpx #arleg #FairMapsAR
Rep. Beck makes a motion to go back to the original process of ranked choice voting when it comes to maps.

The motion fails.

#FairMapsAR #arpx #arleg
Read 5 tweets
6 Oct
#arleg House update:

Rep. Speaks attempted to amend #HB1982 (companion to #SB743) but the amendment failed.

#SB739 (companion to #HB1977) has been put on hold until the Senate figures out the emergency clause situation.

House is in recess for 10 minutes. #arpx #arnews
The #arleg House is back; currently trying to decide whether or not to send #HB1977 back to the Senate. #arpx #arnews
An official motion is made to send #HB1977 back to the Senate.

Rep. Jeans asks his House colleagues not to play Senate games and not to send it back. He says the Senate will hold up extended session for days if the bill is sent back. #arpx #arleg #arnews
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6 Oct
Senate Session has come to order. Bills on the agenda include #SB731 and #SB743.

#FairMapsAR #arpx #arleg
Sen. Irvin has filed another map #SB744. It has been sent to State Agencies.
#SB743 is up; Sen. English has another amendment for the map… but she can’t explain what the technical corrections are. #arpx #arleg #FairMapsAR
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