Legislation filed today -- Update II

• HB1001 was filed this morning, which authorizes payment for the special session in the amount of $50,000.

• Update: HB1004: Increasing the severance tax. This bill was just filed. It does contain an emergency clause.

• Update II: HB1005: This is a second bill dealing with the repeal of changes to the minimum age to marry act. We'll actually run this bill rather than HB1002 below. This bill will revise the law back to the way it was prior to the last session, including all changes made by the Code Revision Commission.

• SB1: This is the Senate version of the severance tax bill.

Resolutions:
• SR1: COMMENDING DR. CHARLES D. DUNN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

Already on file for consideration during the special session:
• HB1002: Repealing changes to the 2007 minimum age to marry law;
• HB1003: Extending a deadline in the desegregation litigation; and
• Additionally, the Senate will be confirming gubernatorial appointments during the special session, and the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee may convene at some point this week to make recommendations in the election matter it heard last week.