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Mask Debate Heats Up in Arkansas Senate

KUAF | By Michael Hibblen,

Published January 12, 2021 at 1:56 PM CST

Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, proposed an amendment penalizing those who fail to wear one by having to forfeit their per diem payments for the day. A second violation would keep a member from participating in the follow day’s session.";

On the first day of the Arkansas Legislative Session, Rep. Stephanie Flowers, a Democrat from Pine Bluff, suggested an update to a rule requiring face coverings. She proposed an amendment penalizing anyone who fails to wear one at all times by docking per diem payments. The amendment was rejected on a voice vote.

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