ArkansasHB11002025 Regular SessionHouse

AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE CLAIMS COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee

Enacted

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Funding for survivors and small claims

For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law sets aside $2.25 million for State Claims Commission awards. This covers qualifying surviving spouses and dependent children of police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, and other specified state employees. The employee must have been killed in the official line of duty, and the award must qualify under existing law. The money also covers small disputed and undisputed claims awarded by the commission. The law does not set an individual payment amount.

Firefighter review panel gets expense funding

The law provides $8,000 from the State Central Services Fund for Firefighter Benefit Review Panel expense reimbursements. The funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. It pays panel expenses, not general benefits for firefighters or their families. The law does not set an individual reimbursement amount.

Claims commission gets funding and staffing limits

For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the commission gets $762,346 from the State Central Services Fund. This includes $477,967 for regular salaries, $188,989 for personal services matching, and $95,390 for operating expenses. Conference and travel, professional fees, capital purchases, and data processing each receive $0. The law caps regular employees at 10: one director at GS13, one attorney specialist at GS11, and one administrative analyst at GS06. It also allows two Administrative Specialist II positions at GS03 and five claims commissioners at GS02. All spending under this law is limited to approved amounts and legally available funds. Spending must follow state procurement, accounting, budget, revenue stabilization, salary, and finance department rules, and the purposes documented in budget requests and recommendations.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 126 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/19/2025

Senate Vote - Wednesday, February 19, 2025 2:42:06 PM

Yes: 29 • No: 0

House vote • 2/18/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, February 18, 2025 2:20:37 PM

Yes: 97 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1100 is now Act 183

    2/25/2025House
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    2/20/2025House
  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    2/19/2025House
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

    2/19/2025House
  5. Returned to the House as Passed.

    2/19/2025Senate
  6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/19/2025Senate
  7. Read the third time and passed.

    2/19/2025Senate
  8. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.

    2/18/2025Senate
  9. Received from the House.

    2/18/2025Senate
  10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/18/2025House
  11. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    2/18/2025House
  12. Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.

    2/18/2025House
  13. RULES SUSPENDED

    2/18/2025House
  14. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

    2/13/2025House
  15. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    1/13/2025House
  16. Filed

    1/13/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1100 - Introduced

    1/13/2025

  • Act Version

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