# Arkansas SB106: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas SB106, AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-04-21 (Notification that SB106 is now Act 898); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB106-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas SB106 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-04-21, Notification that SB106 is now Act 898 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (131 yes, 21 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 18 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Scholarship funding supports agriculture students: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Agri Scholarship Program gets $970,000 for scholarships and internships. A separate Veterinary Medicine budget of $168,238 includes $30,000 for the Rural Veterinary Student Scholarship Program. The remaining veterinary money supports staff and operations. These a… - Federal funds support forest conservation projects: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, federal funds provide about $7.63 million for Forest Legacy expenses and grants. This includes about $1.46 million for the White River Headwaters Project and $6 million for the Forest Legacy Program. Southern pine beetle prevention grants and aid receive $230,000. An… - Forestry can preserve and shift wildfire funds: benefit, low. From July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, forestry can shift funds for needed wildfire-season staff, air-tanker services, and planting-stock work. Each transfer requires the relevant agency finding and approval from the state's chief fiscal officer. The department can carry forward up to $500,000 for wildfi… - Forestry funding supports equipment and landowner services: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, state forestry operations receive about $16.74 million. This includes $269,981 for grants and aid, $500,000 for underserved landowner outreach, and $225,000 for outreach and planting aid. The Forestry Trust Program receives $3.75 million, including $2.25 million for… - Funding supports Buffalo River watershed projects: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, an Agriculture Department cash-fund budget provides $402,682 for department expenses. This includes $160,682 for Buffalo River watershed grants and projects and $2,000 for promotional items. The state's chief fiscal officer determines the cash fund. The appropriation… - Funding supports feral hog removal: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $200,000 from the Feral Hog Eradication Fund. The Agriculture Department uses it for work to eliminate feral hogs. The funding supports eradication efforts, not individual payments to farmers or households. - Funding supports pesticide monitoring and disposal: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, pesticide monitoring receives $300,244 from the Plant Board Fund. The Pesticide/Plant Regulatory Program receives $1.5 million for operations. That money comes from the trust fund for disposal of abandoned agricultural pesticides and plant regulators. These budgets s… - Funding supports trees in urban communities: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, Urban Forestry Services receives about $2.07 million from the State Forestry Fund. This includes $82,000 for matching grants and aid and about $1.88 million for urban and community forestry. The money supports services and projects, not fixed payments to residents. - Grants and loans support rural firefighting: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, federal funding provides about $1.70 million for Rural Community Fire Protection. This includes $822,563 in matching grants for community firefighting equipment. The Rural Fire Protection Revolving Fund provides $1.2 million for community fire-protection loans. Anoth… - State meat inspections receive operating funds: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the State Meat Inspection Program receives two appropriations. They provide $606,083 from its program fund and another $250,000 from a state agency funding account. Both pay staff and operating costs for meat inspections that help protect consumers. - Committed water project funds move into reserve: benefit, low. From July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the state's chief fiscal officer must authorize a year-end fund transfer. It covers already-committed water, sewer, and solid-waste money in the Natural Resources Commission's state appropriation. The money moves from the state agency funding account into the Water,… - Funding keeps state agriculture services running: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides about $10.12 million for Agriculture Department shared services. It also provides about $16.15 million for department operations, including $5,000 for the Boll Weevil Program. The money pays staff and operating costs, not household benefits. The stat… - Funding supports county fairs and livestock shows: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Agri Fair Fund provides about $1.66 million for fairs, staff, and operations. County fairs receive about $1.10 million of that amount. The budget also supports state, youth, district, and other fairs and livestock shows. It does not create direct household paymen… - Funding supports hemp research and administration: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Industrial Hemp Program receives $99,500 from its program fund. The money pays staff and operating costs, including administration of the Industrial Hemp Research Program. It does not establish payments to hemp growers or households. - Funding supports livestock health and egg grading: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, animal disease control receives about $1.18 million, and laboratory testing receives about $2.45 million. The Egg Grading Program gets about $4.69 million, including $64,500 for egg promotion. Horse infectious anemia control receives $439,157, and the federally funde… - Funding supports plant protection and beekeeping: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, Plant Board administration and pest control receive about $11.75 million. This includes $1 million for pest eradication and $394,140 for planning, education, and outreach grants and aid. The beekeeping program receives $208,116; a separate $50,500 budget includes $50… - Marketing funds support Arkansas farm products: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Agri Product Marketing Program receives about $4.51 million. This includes $854,899 for product marketing grants and aid. The state's chief fiscal officer designates the federal funds that pay these costs. The appropriation does not set individual grant amounts o… - Forestry can bill other governments for costs: mixed, low. From July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Forestry Commission can charge federal agencies and other states reimbursement fees. These fees cover costs the commission paid on their behalf. Collected money returns to the State Forestry Fund as a refund of spending. The law does not set fee amounts or impos… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-10 | House | House Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 4:57:50 PM | pass | 91 | 0 | 4 | | 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 2:15:35 PM | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, March 3, 2025 3:49:25 PM | fail | 6 | 21 | 1 | ## Actions (28) - 2025-04-21: Notification that SB106 is now Act 898 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Returned from the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Returned to the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-10: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-10: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-09: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. (House) - 2025-04-09: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE (House) - 2025-04-09: Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (Senate) - 2025-03-31: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-03-31: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3 (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Roll Call Requested. Five Hands were seen. (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and failed of adoption. (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2 (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (Senate) - 2025-01-29: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-01-29: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Filed (Senate) ## Bill text - SB106 - Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB106.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=898.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 - [SB106 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB106.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=898.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-SB106-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).