ArkansasHB12252025 Regular SessionHouse

AN ACT FOR THE BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee

Enacted

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

Barracks funding for law enforcement trainees

The law authorizes $4.6 million in cash funds for Black River Technical College's Law Enforcement Training Academy barracks. The money pays for construction, construction fees, and equipment. This is separate from the college's operating and general cash-fund budgets. The funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and does not provide direct household payments.

Funding for Black River college services

The law authorizes about $52.8 million for Black River Technical College from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This includes about $9.9 million from the college's state fund and $42.9 million in separate cash funds. The money covers salaries, employer benefit costs, temporary staff, daily operations, equipment, building improvements, and debt payments. Spending must follow state purchasing, budget, salary, and higher education spending laws. This funding supports college services and staff, not direct payments to students or households.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/6/2025

Senate Vote - Thursday, February 6, 2025 11:59:42 AM

Yes: 32 • No: 0

House vote • 2/5/2025

House Vote - Wednesday, February 5, 2025 2:03:15 PM

Yes: 99 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1225 is now Act 30

    2/11/2025House
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    2/6/2025House
  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    2/6/2025House
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

    2/6/2025House
  5. Returned to the House as Passed.

    2/6/2025Senate
  6. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/6/2025Senate
  7. Read the third time and passed.

    2/6/2025Senate
  8. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.

    2/5/2025Senate
  9. Received from the House.

    2/5/2025Senate
  10. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    2/5/2025House
  11. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    2/5/2025House
  12. Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.

    2/5/2025House
  13. RULES SUSPENDED

    2/5/2025House
  14. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

    2/4/2025House
  15. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    1/27/2025House
  16. Filed

    1/27/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1225 - Introduced

    1/27/2025

  • Act Version

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