Joint Budget Committee roll call

The Joint Budget Committee voted 40-11 Thursday to fund the private option in fiscal 2015.

Yeas: 40

Sen. Larry Teague (D-Nashville) Sen. Johnny Key (R-Mountain Home) Sen. David Burnett (D-Osceola) Sen. Eddie Cheatham (D-Crossett) Sen. Linda Chesterfield (D-Little Rock) Sen. Jonathan Dismang (R-Searcy) Sen. Joyce Elliott (D-Little Rock) Sen. Jake Files (R-Fort Smith) Sen. Stephanie Flowers (D-Pine Bluff) Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson (R-Little Rock) Sen. David Johnson (D-Little Rock) Sen. Michael Lamoureux (R-Russellville) Sen. Uvalde Lindsey (D-Fayetteville) Sen. Bruce Maloch (D-Magnolia) Sen. Bobby Pierce (D-Sheridan) Sen. Jason Rapert (R-Bigelow) Sen. Bill Sample (R-Hot Springs) Sen. Robert Thompson(D-Paragould) Sen. Eddie Joe Williams (R-Cabot) Sen. David Wyatt (D-Batesville) Rep. Duncan Baird (R-Lowell) Rep. Hank Wilkins (D-Pine Bluff) Rep. Mark Biviano (R-Searcy)

Rep. John Burris (R-Harrison) Rep. Les “Skip” Carnine (R-Rogers) Rep. Davy Carter (R-Cabot) Rep. Robert Dale (R-Dover) Rep. Andy Davis (R-Little Rock)Rep. Fred Love (D-Little Rock) Rep. Stephanie Malone (R-Fort Smith) Rep. Mark McElroy (D-Tillar) Rep. James McLean (D-Batesville) Rep. Reginald Murdock (D-Marianna) Rep. Micah Neal (R-Springdale) Rep. Jim Nickels (D-Sherwood) Rep. Mark Perry (D-Jacksonville) Rep. Matthew Shepherd (R-El Dorado) Rep. John Vines (D-Hot Springs) Rep. Tommy Wren (D-Melbourne) Rep. Marshall Wright (D-Forrest City)

Nays: 11

Sen. Cecile Bledsoe (R-Rogers) Sen. Alan Clark (R-Lonsdale) Sen. Jim Hendren (R-Sulphur Springs) Sen. Bart Hester (R-Cave Springs) Sen. Missy Irvin (R-Mountain View) Sen. Bryan King (R-Berryville) Sen. Gary Stubblefi eld (R-Branch) Rep. Jonathan Barnett (R-Siloam Springs) Rep. Kim Hammer (R-Benton) Rep. Lane Jean (R-Magnolia) Rep. Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) Absent: 5 Sen. Bruce Holland (R-Greenwood) Rep. John Catlett (D-Rover) Rep. John Edwards (D-Little Rock) Rep. Nate Steel (D-Nashville) Rep. Darrin Williams (D-Little Rock)

Front Section, Pages 10 on 02/14/2014

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