# Arkansas HB1124: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas HB1124, AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-04-10 (Notification that HB1124 is now Act 542) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1124-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1124 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-15 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Notification that HB1124 is now Act 542 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (128 yes, 1 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 15 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Funding for corporate income tax refunds: benefit, medium. The law authorizes $200 million from the Corporate Income Tax Withholding Fund for eligible corporate income tax refunds. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The law does not set a new refund amount or change household taxes. - Funding for household refunds and rebates: benefit, medium. The law authorizes $780 million for individual income tax refunds and property tax rebates under Arkansas Constitution Amendment 79. The money comes from the Individual Income Tax Withholding Fund. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Existing refund and rebate rules still apply; the… - Funding for mistaken tax payment refunds: benefit, medium. The law authorizes $175 million for refunds of taxes paid by mistake and gross receipts taxes on athletic-event tickets. Other uses must be authorized by law. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This does not create a general refund for every household or set a new payment formula. - Funding keeps state tax services operating: benefit, medium. The law authorizes $123.580865 million from the State Central Services Fund for Revenue Services staff and operations. It covers salaries, temporary help, overtime, employee-related costs, and operating expenses. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This operating budget does not cre… - Hour limits waived for temporary tax workers: benefit, low. Authorized extra-help positions in Revenue Services are exempt from work-hour limits imposed by law or regulation. The exemption runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Employment lasting more than seven months must be reported to the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee. T… - Certified officers can protect tax offices: benefit, low. From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the finance department can employ up to five certified officers or specialized police staff. They protect department buildings, property, employees, and customers. These staff have the powers, duties, privileges, and legal immunities of certified Arkansas l… - Grants fund justice and drug programs: benefit, low. The law authorizes $4 million in federal non-victim assistance matching grants to improve Arkansas's criminal justice system. It also provides $1 million in grants to state agencies and local governments. That money supports approved drug enforcement, violent-offender, substance abuse, and related… - Grants support abused children and families: benefit, low. The law authorizes $5.251521 million for child abuse and neglect program costs and grants. It also provides $500,000 from the Arkansas Children's Advocacy Center Fund for grants to centers in Arkansas. Both appropriations cover July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money supports programs servin… - Grants support victims and violence prevention: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law authorizes $30.440304 million in federal violence-prevention grants. These support work under the Victims of Crime Act, Violence Against Women Act, and Family Violence Prevention and Services Act. It also provides $359,196 in matching grants for appr… - State matching help for justice grants: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, state funds can cover 100% of state agencies' required federal justice-grant matches. Local governments can receive up to 60% of their required matches when the federal non-victim assistance grants are available. Without federal grants to match, state funds… - Federal grants support opioid response programs: benefit, low. The law authorizes $6.9558 million in federal grants and aid for the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money supports program activities, not a new individual payment or eligibility rule. - Grants support developmental disability planning: benefit, low. The law authorizes $1.190929 million in federal grants and aid through the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The money supports council activities, but the law does not set direct household payments or individual eligibility rules. - Funding supports driver services and fee distribution: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides $5.865171 million from the Commercial Driver License Fund for driver services. It also authorizes $5 million for handling and distributing special license plate fees to entitled entities. Another $100,000 supports distributing fees and servi… - Funding supports technology apprenticeship training: benefit, low. The law authorizes $150,000 for the information technology apprenticeship program. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The law funds training but does not specify who qualifies or how much any participant receives. - Fuel refunds for farms and transport: benefit, low. The law authorizes $1.5 million from the Gasoline Tax Refund Fund for valid agricultural-user and bus-driver claims. It also authorizes $10 million from the Interstate Motor Fuel Tax Refund Fund for interstate motor and special-fuel users. Funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Existin… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 4:08:28 PM | pass | 35 | 0 | | | 2025-04-03 | House | House Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:18:09 PM | pass | 93 | 1 | 1 | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-10: Notification that HB1124 is now Act 542 (House) - 2025-04-08: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-07: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned to the House as Passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-03: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-03: Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass. (House) - 2025-04-03: RULES SUSPENDED (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-18: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-03-18: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-03-18: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-01-15: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (House) - 2025-01-15: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1124 - Introduced, 2025-01-15: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1124.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=542.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1124 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1124.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=542.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1124-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).