The Arkansas House on Monday voted 75-20 to pass HB1037, which seeks to make it illegal to abort a fetus, in most instances, 20 weeks or more after conception. Doctors who violate the statute would be guilty of a felony. Here is how the representatives voted:Yeas: 75 Alexander D. Altes Baine Baird Ballinger Baltz Barnett Bell Biviano Bragg Branscum J. Burris Carnine Catlett Clemmer Collins Copenhaver Cozart Dale Davis Deffenbaugh J. Dickinson Dotson D. Douglas C. Douglas Eubanks Farrer Fite Gillam Gossage Hammer Harris Hickerson HillmanHobbs Holcomb Hopper House Hutchison Jean Jett Kerr Kizzia Lampkin Lea Lenderman Linck Lowery Magie S. Malone Mayberry McLean D. Meeks S. Meeks Miller Neal B. Overbey Payton Ratliff Rice Richey Scott Shepherd Slinkard F. Smith Steel Talley T. Thompson VinesW. Wagner Wardlaw Westerman B. Wilkins Womack Wren Nays: 20 E. Armstrong Broadaway J. Edwards Ferguson Fielding Hawthorne Hodges Julian Leding Love McElroy McGill Murdock Nickels Perry Sabin D. Whitaker H. Wilkins Word Wright Non Voting: 5 C. Armstrong McCrary Walker Williams Mr. SpeakerThe Arkansas House on Monday voted 85-8 to pass Senate Bill 71, the Church Protection Act of 2013. It would eliminate the state’s ban on guns in churches and leave it up to individual congregations to decide for themselves. Here is how the representatives voted:Yeas: 85 Alexander D. Altes Baine Baird Ballinger Baltz Barnett Bell Biviano Bragg Branscum Broadaway J. Burris Carnine Catlett Clemmer Collins Copenhaver Cozart Dale Davis Deffenbaugh J. Dickinson Dotson D. Douglas C. Douglas J. Edwards Eubanks Farrer Ferguson Fite Gillam Gossage HammerHarris Hawthorne Hickerson Hillman Hobbs Holcomb Hopper House Hutchison Jean Jett Kerr Kizzia Lampkin Lea Leding Lenderman Linck Lowery Magie S. Malone Mayberry McElroy McGill McLean D. Meeks S. Meeks Miller Neal Nickels Payton Perry Ratliff Rice RicheyScott Shepherd Slinkard F. Smith Steel Talley T. Thompson Vines W. Wagner Wardlaw Westerman D. Whitaker B. Wilkins Womack Wren Wright Nays: 8 C. Armstrong Hodges Julian Love Murdock Sabin H. Wilkins Word Non Voting: 7 E. Armstrong Fielding McCrary B. Overbey Walker Williams Mr. Speaker
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