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The following bills passed the House during the ninth week of the session:
HB1633 – Requires a city of first-class to establish a city police department and provide the department with proper resources.
HB1416 – Intended to encourage home-based entrepreneurship. It outlines what restrictions local governments can and cannot place on home-based businesses.
HB1517 – States the secretary of state shall prepare and administer electronic voter registration application forms.
HB1349 – Creates the Every Arkansan Retirement Plan Opportunity Act. It outlines a voluntary plan for employers without a current retirement plan offered to their employees.
HB1570 – Prohibits healthcare professionals from providing gender transition procedures to any individual under 18 years of age.
HB1510 – Requires a school district board of directors and local law enforcement agencies to adopt a memorandum of understanding governing school resource officers. It also requires school resource officers to complete specialized training.
HB1429 – Reduces the waiting period from after a parent or guardian withdraws their child from a school district to enroll to begin home-school. The waiting period is currently 14 days. This bill reduces it to five school days.
HB1522 – State no person applying to be placed on a ballot for any public office shall knowingly provide false information with reference to his or her qualifications. It creates a misdemeanor offense for providing false statements by a candidate.
HB1323 – Allows for the prosecution to display an in-life photograph of a homicide victim to the judge or jury.
HB1512 – Eliminates no-good-cause exemptions to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs. The bill does provide exemptions for an individual currently in foster care or residing in a domestic violence shelter.
HB1198 – Allows a certified registered nurse anesthetist to operate in consultation with, but not necessarily in the presence of, a licensed physician.
HB1258 – Authorizes full independent practice authority for certified nurse practitioners who meet specific requirements. Currently, nurse practitioners have to practice in a collaborative agreement with physicians.
SB155 – Creates “Lila’s Law,” which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities regarding access to organ transplantation.
HB1069 – Authorizes pharmacists to provide access to oral contraceptives. The bill also includes a provision for pharmacists to refer a patient to a primary care or women’s health provider if she has not been seen by a physician in the previous six months.
HB1506 – Classifies the use of a hoax bomb as a Class C felony. A hoax bomb is defined as a device designed to look like an explosive or incendiary device.
SB118 – Creates the Arkansas Public Service Internship Program.
All House floor and committee meetings are live-streamed. The links to the video and agendas can be found at www.arkansashouse.org.
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