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Senator Wallace is assigned to the following committees: 

  • Co-Chair: LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

    • The duties of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee are to provide for the auditing of each department, institution, board, commission, office, and agency of the state government for the purpose of furnishing the General Assembly with information vital to the discharge of its constitutional duties. (A.C.A. 10-3-407)​

  • JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    • The Joint Budget Committee considers appropriation bills and budget proposals submitted by the General Assembly. The Joint Budget Committee may to meet during the interim to work on budgetary and other matters. When the Legislative Council holds pre-session budget hearings after October 1 (preceding the next regular session of the General Assembly), all members of the Joint Budget Committee appointed to serve at the next following regular session are authorized to attend. (A.C.A. 10-3-509)​

  • JBC CLAIMS

    • The Claims Review Committee presides over all claims against the state over which the Arkansas State Claims Commission has jurisdiction; including monetary awards for damage/injury exceeding $15,000 and claim decisions rendered by the State Claims Commission appealed by either or both parties. The committee reviews each claim and determines whether the claim shall be Approved, Reversed, Amended, Remanded for Further Review, or Remanded for a Hearing. The disposition of each claim is reported to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. Those claims approved for payment (in excess of $15,000) are referred to the Joint Budget Committee to be included in a special claims bill for presentation to the General Assembly for subsequent approval and payment.​

  • JBC-EBD OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE​​

    • This subcommittee shall be referred all matters pertaining to the State and Public School Life and Health Insurance Programs.

  • ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

    • The Legislative Council was established by Act 264 of 1949 to collect data and information upon which legislative decisions will be made during regular session of the General Assembly. The Bureau of Legislative Research of the Legislative Council is a service agency within the legislative department of government. All members of the General Assembly have access to the Bureau of Legislative Research. The Legislative Council is the supervisory committee for the Bureau of Legislative Research, and the council coordinates the activities of the various interim committees and through the various committees provides legislative oversight of the executive branch of government. The council consists of 36 regular members - 20 House members and 16 Senators. In addition, there are 24 ex-officio voting members and 5 ex-officio non-voting members.(A.C.A. 10-3-301)​

  • PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE

    • This committee reviews matters pertaining to public health, mental health, intellectual disabilities, public welfare, human relations and resources, the aged and problems of the aging, environmental affairs, water and air pollution, labor and labor relations, and similar legislation. (A.C.A. 10-3-203)​

  • AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    • This committee reviews matters pertaining to agriculture, livestock, forestry, industrial development, natural resources, oil and gas, publicity and parks, levees and drainage, rivers and harbors, and similar legislation. (A.C.A 10-3-203)​

  • JOINT PERFORMANCE REVIEW (JPR)

  • SENATE RULES, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS

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