“This is 100 percent against that (agreement) and could have dire consequences for our citizens,” Hickey told Stubblefield during a debate on the measure.
Override of Arkansas gun measure clears first vote in Senate
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“Whatever group you want to think of in your mind, right now, this will allow the prosecutor to look at that, have that tool in their toolbox to be able to bring this charge and be able to keep those perpetrators locked up for a minimum of 80% of their sentence," Republican Senate President Jimmy Hickey, the bill's sponsor, said before the vote.
Arkansas Senate OKs alternate, scaled-back hate crimes bill
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