Biden to Extend Healthcare Coverage to Illegal Aliens
On Thursday, the Biden regime announced its intention to expand healthcare access for illegal aliens, at a cost to the American taxpayers. https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/14/biden-to-extend-healthcare-coverage-to-illegal-aliens/
Israeli MoH study shows COVID vax increases your risk of death over time
New Study Covertly Released by the Israeli Ministry of Health Shows an Increased Risk of Death Post-Injection “The study shows the vaccine gradually increases the risk of death over time with a peak at 4 months from the shot.”
https://dailyclout.io/new-israeli-moh-study-shows-covid-vax-increases-your-risk-of-death-over-time/
Legislative Wrap-up
An update on the bills we advocated FOR / AGAINST during the recently-completed legislative session:
SB435: right to use a paper ballot; failed on Senate floor 13-21 after passing the Senate Judiciary committee with bipartisan support. This should have been an easy YES vote for anyone in favor of election integrity.
SB71: to end affirmative action; passed Senate 18-15; failed on House floor 27-73. This bill should have been an easy YES vote for Republicans, and is consistent with the party platform, but many otherwise conservative representatives were deceived. Others were just afraid of the leftists. It passed the senate committee, the full senate, and the house committee before dying on the house floor.
HB1610: to allow secret meetings among quorum courts, city councils, and school boards passed the House 52-48 but failed in the senate committee twice. This bill was controversial because so many constituents are disillusioned by the rampant secret meetings already taking place. The bill would have legalized the practice. The sponsors were unwilling to compromise with the FOIA task force and members of the public.
HB1726: the FOIA killer bill, failed in House committee. This would have effectively destroyed the FOIA. This one was a huge win for the people.
SB250: to penalize counties which might decide to employ paper ballots by removing state funding. This bill passed and was signed into law but was predominantly replaced by HB1687. The “cleanup” bill removes the financial penalty and allows paper ballots in many instances. What started out as a loss, ended up being a win for the people.
SB81: the library bill passed the senate 24-10 with 5 Republicans voting no; it passed the House 56-44 with 25 Republicans voting no. If any bill was a Republican litmus test this session, this was it. The people won a big victory here, now having the ability to challenge explicit children’s library books.
HJR1007: a substantial sales tax increase, went nowhere, thanks to the people.
HB1468: the pronoun bill passed both chambers and will become law. Teachers will no longer be required to use the “pronoun of the week” when speaking to students.
HB1615: religious freedom passed and might help protect our rights in future health emergencies.
Many other bills were passed (some good, some bad), but these are the ones we spent significant time on. Thanks to everyone who wrote an email, called a legislator, called the capitol, or showed up to testify. You have made a difference in the future of our state.
What can be done to get better legislation (and less bad legislation)? Elect true conservative candidates who aren’t afraid to vote right.
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Legislative Update
The legislature has chiefly concluded their business for the session. The people won a few, lost a lot, but most importantly blocked some really bad legislation. Overall, it was a disappointing session. We will post a recap next week detailing the most important bills that were approved and stopped.
URGENT 4/4 Action Calls
Two good bills are up for floor votes today. Please call the in-session number and ask your legislators to vote FOR SB71 and SB435. Feel free to text them as well. (Emails are a low priority at this point.)
SB71 is now in the House. This ends affirmative action and DEI programs within state government. Call 501-682-6211 and ask them to hand carry a note to your state representative to SUPPORT SB71.
SB435 is now in the Senate. This bill codifies your right to request and vote on a paper ballot. Call 501-682-2902 and ask them to hand carry a note to your state senator to SUPPORT SB435.
Full contact info: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-legislators-all-by-name-PDF.pdf
Senate contact info: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Senators-by-name-PDF.pdf
House contact info: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-House-by-name-PDF.pdf
Action Calls 4/2
The legislative session is winding down, and the pace is furious! These are the most important bills that need action this week:
1.) SB435 (voter’s right to request a paper ballot) passed the senate committee last week and should be voted on Monday. Please contact any / all state senators by Noon Monday to SUPPORT SB435.
Contact list: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Senators-by-name-PDF.pdf
Also, call the senate switchboard Monday morning and ask them to hand carry a note to YOUR own state senator, requesting that he SUPPORT SB435: 501-682-2902. This is an important tool that sends a strong message!
2.) HB1610 unfortunately passed the full house Thursday with 52 votes. This is the bill which allows portions of quorum courts, city councils, and school boards to hold secret meetings with no public notice, no recording, and not FOIAble. We believe the senate committee is stacked against us, so contact your own senator (and any others) to vote NO on HB1610. This is a rare bill, where the Democrats might vote NO with the conservatives, leaving the moderate R’s voting yes.
Contact list: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-Senators-by-name-PDF.pdf
3.) SB71 should be heard in House State Agencies Monday afternoon. This is the bill that finally ends affirmative action in state hiring. It passed the senate without a vote to spare, so it will need your support in the House, which is the less conservative chamber. Let your state rep know that you want to END affirmative action in Arkansas by voting YES on SB71.
Contact list: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023-House-state-agencies.pdf
Full House contact list: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-House-by-name-PDF.pdf
FOIA / Open Meetings Update
1.) Yesterday, the House State Agencies Committee passed Rep. Mary Bentley’s Secret Meetings Bill, HB1610. The next chance is stop this bad bill, which allows 1/3 of a city council, quorum court, or school board to meet in secret is TODAY. The full House may pass HB1610 this afternoon. You can TEXT your state representative or call the IN-SESSION number and ask that a message be hand carried to him to vote AGAINST HB1610.
Individual contact info: https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-legislators-all-by-name-PDF.pdf
2.) Because of the public outrage and incredible testimony from patriots across the state, HB1726 (the FOIA killer bill), FAILED in committee. Watch for it to re-appear, but for now, this was a rare win for the people.
Representatives who voted FOR the bill: (tell them you disapprove of their vote)
Beck, Bentley, Berry, Carr, Underwood
Representatives who voted AGAINST the bill: (thank them for standing for the people)
McElroy, Clowney, Crawford, Jean, Moore, Richmond, Scott, Womack, Gonzales
Action Call: Bad FOIA Bills
Two bills have been filed that wreck Arkansas’s strong FOIA / open meetings laws and will result in public business being conducted behind closed doors and in secret. Both bills will be heard Wednesday, March 29th, around 2:30 PM in House State Agencies. Please contact committee members PRIOR to the hearing. (See list below.)
HB1726 by Representative David Ray and Senator Breanne Davis would require citizens to double pay for FOIA requests. We already pay once through our tax dollars. We would then be charged AGAIN for labor to compile requests and print-outs, even when the information is delivered electronically. This is essentially double-taxation, which will result in individuals not being able to afford to find out what their own government is doing.
HB1610 by Representative Mary Bentley and Senator Payton allows less than 1/3 of a quorum court, city council, or school board to meet in secret. This will undoubtedly result in secret meetings in which deals are cut behind closed doors. It is relatively easy to have a go-between among four groups of members. On a 13 member quorum court, four influential members could legally meet and would almost certainly make decisions for the full body.
Our republic dies in darkness. These are possibly the worst bills filed this session. While we appreciate the good work from all of these legislators in the past, we must strongly oppose these two bills.