# Arkansas SB128: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. Arkansas SB128, AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joint Budget Committee; status enacted, last action 2025-04-10 (Notification that SB128 is now Act 533) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB128-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas SB128 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Notification that SB128 is now Act 533 - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 2 (129 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 12 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Funding keeps university medical services running: benefit, high. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law authorizes $149.403947 million from the University of Arkansas Medical Center Fund. It also authorizes $2.52085 billion in cash funds for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The first budget includes $112.539654 million for salaries, $6.56… - Loans and training support health students: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law sets aside $750,000 for authorized UAMS loan and scholarship programs. This includes $150,000 each for advanced nursing practice community match, rural advanced nursing practice, and medical community match. Rural medical practice receives $300,000. Transfers… - Domestic violence shelters receive equal grants: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $3.05 million from the Domestic Peace Fund. It includes $2 million for domestic violence shelter operations and $1.05 million for statewide shelter grants. Covered grants must be divided equally among shelters selected by the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rap… - Adult sickle cell clinics receive funding: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $379,993 for the UAMS Adult Sickle Cell Disease Program. Medical-center funds cover staff and operating costs to establish and run clinics and outreach. The law does not promise patients a payment or a specific level of access. - Cancer care and screening receive funding: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law authorizes $41.35 million for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. That includes $18.5 million for salaries, $6 million for operations, $6 million for capital improvements, and $4 million for capital purchases. It also includes $1.35 million for the… - Children's Hospital gets designated care funding: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Arkansas Children's Hospital receives 33⅓% of available funds from the specified indigent-care budget line. That line covers Children's Hospital grants, regular salaries, and operating expenses for indigent care. At the hospital's request, UAMS can transfer the money to the… - Funding helps children facing abuse and trauma: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $2.124057 million for children's and adolescents' trauma programs. It supports treatment, community providers, training, medical exams, consultation, and advocate education through the Psychiatric Research Institute and Pediatrics Department. Another… - Funding supports mothers and newborn health: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $2 million from the maternal health workforce trust fund. That money supports financial aid, education, and training; individual aid amounts and eligibility are not stated. It also provides $500,000 for the certified nurse midwifery program and $1.7… - Poison advice and health data receive funding: benefit, low. For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center gets $1.828587 million in general-revenue support. The law also provides $299,959 in additional support for its poison and drug information services. The Arkansas Health Data Initiative receives $802,879 for staff, oper… - Specialized children's clinic operations receive funding: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law authorizes $175,000 in cash funds for UAMS's PANS/PANDAS Clinic and Programs. The money covers staff and operating costs through June 30, 2026. It funds clinic operations rather than direct payments to patients. - Unused university funding can carry forward: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, recipients can carry unused general-revenue funds into the next fiscal year for the same purposes. The limit is 10% of funded appropriations. Recipients must send a written request and reasons to the state finance department's budget office before June 30, 2026. The departme… - Medical university hiring comes with pay limits: mixed, low. For 2025–2026, UAMS and its affiliates have a ceiling of 12,761 regular positions and authorization for 1,565 temporary or part-time workers. Annual salary ceilings include $685,678 for the Medical Center CEO, $483,460 for the Chancellor, and $466,687 for the Provost. Faculty ceilings include $567,… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joint Budget Committee ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-07 | House | House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:30:18 PM | pass | 96 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-04-03 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 2:38:10 PM | pass | 33 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-04-10: Notification that SB128 is now Act 533 (Senate) - 2025-04-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Returned from the House as passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Returned to the Senate as passed. (House) - 2025-04-07: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-07: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-03: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. (House) - 2025-04-03: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE (House) - 2025-04-03: Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-03: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE (Senate) - 2025-03-17: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-03-17: 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 - SB128 - Introduced, 2025-01-27: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB128.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=533.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) - 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) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (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 - [SB128 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB128.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=533.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) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [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-SB128-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).