The Arkansas Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday voted to amend a bill aimed at ending affirmative action programs in state and local government in Arkansas in order to give state agencies two years to implement the bill, if it s enacted into law.
The Arkansas Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday advanced a bill aimed at establishing certain guidelines and requirements for counties removing electronic voting machines and relying on paper ballots marked and counted by hand over the objections of several opponents who said the bill would discourage paper ballots.
Legislation that would merge four state boards into a newly created Arkansas State Board of Mental Health Professionals failed to clear the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, after about a dozen people testified against the bill.
Legislation that would merge four state boards into a newly created Arkansas State Board of Mental Health Professionals failed to clear the House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday, after about a dozen people testified against the bill.
A bill that would authorize the state treasurer to divest certain state investments because of the use of environmental, social justice or governance-related metrics zipped through the Arkansas House State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.