All Roll Calls
Yes: 129 • No: 0
ArkansasHB13962025 Regular SessionHouse
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION REAPPROPRIATION.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Arkansas renews funding for prison expansion
Beginning July 1, 2025, Arkansas reauthorizes unused prison expansion money from the Development and Enhancement Fund, up to $74.86255 million. This money comes from a prior appropriation in Act 84 of 2024. Across this law, contracts and spending commitments cannot exceed project money actually available in the State Treasury. Agencies can add grants, donations, federal funds, and unused cash income or fund balances, but not Maintenance and General Operations money. Spending must follow state purchasing, accounting, budget, and revenue laws unless another statute provides otherwise. It must also match the purposes in supporting budget documents, agency requests, and legislative recommendations.
Arkansas renews prison industry and farm funding
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law reauthorizes unused balances from Act 84 of 2024 for prison industry and farm projects. The Division of Correction Prison Industry Fund provides up to $1 million for industry projects. Two separate industry improvement balances have caps of $126,645 and $6,312. The Division of Correction Farm Fund provides up to $1 million for farm projects and a separate $140,534 for improvements. Improvement funds cover maintenance, replacements, repairs, expansion, construction, equipment, renovation, purchases, and related work; they do not create household payments.
Arkansas renews prison upkeep and operating funds
Beginning July 1, 2025, the law reauthorizes unused balances from Act 84 of 2024 for correctional facilities. Development and Enhancement Fund caps are $458,496 for Pine Bluff Female Work Release staffing and operations and $651,015 for existing facility improvements. Those improvements include maintenance, repairs, replacements, expansion, construction, equipment, renovation, and purchases. The same fund provides up to $2,713 for two armories at Varner and Tucker and $85,336 for Tucker's water treatment plant replacement. Wrightsville generators have a $300,000 cap, using a State Treasury cash fund chosen by the state's Chief Fiscal Officer. The law does not change household taxes, fees, wages, or benefit eligibility.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 2/11/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:28:34 PM
Yes: 32 • No: 0 • Other: 1
House vote • 2/10/2025
House Vote - Monday, February 10, 2025 3:16:43 PM
Yes: 97 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1396 is now Act 95
2/13/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
2/11/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
2/11/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
2/11/2025HouseReturned to the House as Passed.
2/11/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/11/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/11/2025SenateRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
2/10/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/10/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/10/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/10/2025HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
2/10/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED
2/10/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/6/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
2/4/2025HouseFiled
2/4/2025House
Bill Text
HB1396 - Introduced
2/4/2025
Act Version
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