(a) If any person, whether a member or not, shall be guilty of any disorder in the presence of either house or a Committee of the Whole, or in a joint meeting of both houses, while in session, the presiding officer of the house or joint meeting or Chair of the Committee of the Whole may order the person into immediate custody. The sergeant at arms shall immediately take the person into custody and detain him or her until the further order of the house, joint meeting, or Committee of the Whole, before which offense was committed.
(b) If any person, whether a member or not, shall disturb the proceedings of any committee of either house or be guilty of disorderly conduct in their presence, the house appointing the committee may punish the person in the same manner as if the offense had been committed in the presence of the house. If the disorder or offense shall be committed before a joint committee of both houses, the President of the Senate shall issue process, and both houses shall proceed in joint meeting.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 2 - Legislative Proceedings
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 10-2-103. Coordinator of House Legislative Services
§ 10-2-104. Duties of assistant sergeants at arms
§ 10-2-105. Administration of oaths
§ 10-2-107. Election of Speaker of the House of Representatives in doubt — Procedure
§ 10-2-108. Manuscripts of daily proceedings — Journals
§ 10-2-110. Disorderly conduct
§ 10-2-111. Unauthorized use of roll call system — Penalty
§ 10-2-112. Prefiling of bills and resolutions — Assignment to committee — Printing
§ 10-2-113. Senate confirmation of board and commission appointees
§ 10-2-115. Introduction of bills affecting public retirement programs
§ 10-2-116. Authentication of laws passed over veto
§ 10-2-117. Authentication of bill becoming law without Governor's signature
§ 10-2-118. Vacancies during recess
§ 10-2-119. Vacancies during session
§ 10-2-120. Elections to fill vacancies
§ 10-2-121. Designation of members to assist Boys State and Girls State — Compensation
§ 10-2-122. Designation of members to represent state at national conferences — Expenses
§ 10-2-123. Institute of Legislative Procedure
§ 10-2-124. Bills introduced to change existing circuit court districts
§ 10-2-125. Employees and officers
§ 10-2-126. Assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
§ 10-2-127. Fiscal impact statement — Definition
§ 10-2-128. Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
§ 10-2-129. Drafting and information requests to legislative employees — Definitions
§ 10-2-130. Use of education studies commissioned by General Assembly
§ 10-2-131. Internet broadcast of proceedings
§ 10-2-132. People First advisory legislative sessions concerning disability issues