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ArkansasSB1302025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 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: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Arkansas State University gets operating funds

For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the law provides $79.022197 million for Arkansas State University operations. This includes $57.5 million for regular salaries, $134,000 for temporary workers, and $9.15 million for benefits and employer taxes. It also provides $7.203094 million for operating costs, $570,000 for capital purchases, $1 million for depreciation, and $3.465103 million for contingency funds. Within this total, Jonesboro gets $72.767154 million, System Administration gets $3.325358 million, Heritage Sites get $2.476122 million, and the Delta Center for Economic Development gets $453,563. This money supports university operations and payroll, rather than direct payments to households.

Arkansas State University hiring and pay limits

From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas State University can employ up to 2,270 regular workers. It can also hire up to 2,064 temporary or part-time workers when needed, using funds set aside for extra help. The law sets annual salary ceilings by job, including $435,855 for the system president and $197,881 for a professor. Temporary workers' pay cannot exceed the applicable rate under state classification rules, their successor, or this law. These are hiring and pay limits, not promises of jobs or pay raises.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 124 • No: 4

House vote • 4/7/2025

House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:31:58 PM

Yes: 91 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/3/2025

Senate Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 2:38:10 PM

Yes: 33 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that SB130 is now Act 534

    4/10/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

    4/8/2025Senate

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

    4/8/2025Senate

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

    4/7/2025Senate

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

    4/7/2025Senate

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

    4/7/2025House

  7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    4/7/2025House

  8. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    4/7/2025House

  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.

    4/3/2025House

  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

    4/3/2025House

  11. Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.

    4/3/2025Senate

  12. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    4/3/2025Senate

  13. Read the third time and passed.

    4/3/2025Senate

  14. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

    4/2/2025Senate

  15. Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    3/31/2025Senate

  16. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/31/2025Senate

  17. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.

    3/31/2025Senate

  18. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1

    3/31/2025Senate

  19. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    1/27/2025Senate

  20. Filed

    1/27/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • SB130 - Introduced

    1/27/2025

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  • Act Version

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