Bathroom bill stalls as Arkansas lawmakers consider costs
Bathroom bill stalls as Arkansas lawmakers consider costs REP. CINDY CRAWFORD: head sponsor of a new bathroom bill
A bill to force schools, arenas and all other publicly owned buildings in Arkansas to require people to use the bathrooms that correspond to their sex at birth got gummed up in a House committee Monday over worries that it could cost the state millions.
Rep. Cindy Crawford (R-Fort Smith) will be sent for a fiscal impact study and then will come back the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs, Chair
Dwight Tosh (R-Jonesboro) said. Tosh made the order for a fiscal impact study after nearly an hour of testimony from people who opposed the bathroom bill. Many of them represented universities, prisons, arenas and other government entities and said the costs to meet requirements set out in HB 1882 would be sky high.
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Richland Newhope donates books to first graders
MANSFIELD - With the ongoing concerns of COVID-19, Richland Newhope was not able to celebrate March Awareness in the traditional manner. One of this year’s awareness activities included a book distribution to celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with the local schools.
Richland Newhope distributed a book about inclusion to public and private first-grade students in Richland County. With the help from Scholastic, Richland County Youth and Family Council and United Way’s Big Red Bookshelf, Newhope was able to distribute 1,400 copies of the book Strictly No Elephants, written by Lisa Mantchev.
DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE: Matthew Shepherd defending a sham “hate crimes” bill.
The Republican leadership dumped further shame on themselves this afternoon by ignoring rules and sending a sham “hate crimes” bill to the House floor without a roll call vote.
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Chair Rep. Carol Dalby (R-Texarkana) ignored requests for a roll call vote on a do-pass recommendation in the House Judiciary Committee for SB 622, the meaningless “hate crime” bill that House and Senate leadership have gotten behind to give some window dressing to the state for refusing to pass a real hate crime bill that includes specific coverage for sexual orientation and transgender people. It passed the Senate and only a House vote keeps it from the governor, who’s anxious to sign it.
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Arkansas senators debate differing versions of hate crimes legislation Share Updated: 9:56 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021 Share Updated: 9:56 PM CDT Apr 7, 2021
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Show Transcript Arkansas is only one of three states that right now does not have hate crime laws. Now Today, some people told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that there needed, while others said they do not protect everyone equally, and it could lead to thought police. I live in a country where people get punished for what they do and not what they think or believe, and I think this comes dangerously close to crossing that important line, Jerry Cox says. The director of Family Council, a conservative nonprofit organization based in Little Rock, today he spoke out against both bills, SB three, SB 6 22. But the director of the Mosaic Church and Conway disagrees. We all need to be protected, and I believe we all are. Show me where the laws are insufficient to punish evildoers. S