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Yes: 127 • No: 0
ArkansasSB1132025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT 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.
Arkansas State University–Newport gets one-year campus funding
The law authorizes about $43.87 million for Arkansas State University–Newport from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. This includes about $8.26 million from its state fund and $35.61 million from cash funds. Funding covers $11.3 million for regular salaries, $500,000 for temporary help, and $4 million for employer payroll-related costs. Cash funds also cover $15 million for capital purchases, $4 million for campus improvements, and $1 million for debt payments. State funding includes $100,000 for depreciation and $393,465 for unexpected needs, alongside routine operating costs. Spending cannot exceed authorized amounts or legally available funds and must follow state purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and pay laws.
Arkansas State University–Newport staffing and pay limits
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas State University–Newport can employ up to 341 regular workers. The law sets limits by job title and maximum pay rates, not guaranteed salaries. Examples of annual pay caps include $208,138 for the chancellor and $200,973 for a network engineer. The university can also hire up to 60 temporary or part-time workers when needed, using money set aside for those jobs. Their pay cannot exceed the applicable job rates under state pay law or this act.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/10/2025
House Vote - Monday, February 10, 2025 3:07:59 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 0 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 2/5/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, February 5, 2025 2:36:32 PM
Yes: 32 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB113 is now Act 68
2/17/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
2/11/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
2/11/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
2/10/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
2/10/2025SenateReturned To Senate as Passed.
2/10/2025HouseEMERGENCY 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
2/10/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
2/5/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
2/5/2025HouseOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
2/5/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
2/5/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
2/5/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
2/4/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
1/27/2025SenateFiled
1/27/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB113 - Introduced
1/27/2025
Act Version
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