# Arkansas HB1232: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas HB1232, AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-04-08 (Notification that HB1232 is now Act 496); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1232-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1232 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-04-08, Notification that HB1232 is now Act 496 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (129 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Funding for military family relief grants: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides $72,757 for military family relief grants. The money comes from the Military Family Relief Trust Fund and supports eligible military families. This provision does not state individual grant amounts or detailed rules for qualifying. - Federal funding for Arkansas military sites: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law funds Arkansas military sites with designated federal money. Fort Chaffee receives about $39.36 million, and federal training site operations receive about $55.32 million. These budgets cover employee pay, operating costs, professional services, equi… - Funding for Arkansas military operations: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides about $8.75 million for general military department operations. This includes $75,000 for Civil Air Patrol pay and operating costs. The Department of the Military Fund Account also provides $166,996 for National Guard Museum staff and operat… - Funding for military call-up costs: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides $2.5 million for emergency military call-ups. It also provides $20,000 for military court-martial costs. Both amounts come from the Department of the Military Fund Account. Another $219,632 comes from the Military Support Revolving Fund for… - Military staffing limits and federal-linked leader pay: mixed, low. For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law authorizes up to 458 regular military department employees. It also allows up to 127 temporary or part-time workers, with pay capped by state classification and compensation rates. The Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General receive pay under th… - Military budget flexibility with spending limits: mixed, low. The department can move up to $10,000 yearly from operating expenses to promotional items within general or cash operations budgets. The Director of State Resources must authorize each transfer, and Arkansas’s Chief Fiscal Officer must approve it. The Chief Fiscal Officer must move the remaining mi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-02 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 4:45:13 PM | pass | 32 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:01:08 PM | pass | 97 | 0 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-04-08: Notification that HB1232 is now Act 496 (House) - 2025-04-03: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-02: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-02: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-01: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-01: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (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) - 2025-03-13: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 (House) - 2025-01-27: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (House) - 2025-01-27: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1232 - Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1232.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=496.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) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - 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) - 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 - [HB1232 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1232.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=496.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) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [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-HB1232-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).