All Roll Calls
Yes: 131 • No: 0
ArkansasSB352025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Arkansas funds child welfare staff
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas provides about $147.95 million for child and family services operations. This covers salaries, employee benefits, overtime, temporary help, operating costs, travel, professional fees, and computer services—not direct household payments. The agency can have up to 1,420 regular employees, with job counts and pay grades set by the law. It can also hire up to 65 temporary or part-time workers, paid from funds set aside for that purpose. Their pay cannot exceed the rate for their job classification. The state's chief fiscal officer determines the paying account. Spending must follow state purchasing, budgeting, salary, and other fiscal laws and serve the adopted budget purposes.
Arkansas funds foster care and treatment
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas funds foster care and residential treatment grants. Foster care receives about $54.01 million in state grants and $102.91 million through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. State residential treatment grants receive about $10.65 million. State grants come from the Children and Family Services Fund Account; the state's chief fiscal officer selects the other paying account. These appropriations do not set individual payment amounts or household eligibility rules.
Arkansas funds child abuse prevention
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas provides $214,799 from the Children's Trust Fund for child abuse prevention. The Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board receives $17,770 for operating costs. Another $197,029 supports grants, aid, or loans to develop or run prevention programs. The law does not set individual household payments or eligibility rules.
Arkansas funds help for exploited children
For July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Arkansas provides $50,000 for services and treatment for sexually exploited children. The money funds grants to Children's Advocacy Centers statewide. It comes from the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children. The law does not set individual payment amounts or household eligibility rules.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/10/2025
House Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 4:50:22 PM
Yes: 97 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 2:15:35 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB35 is now Act 889
4/21/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/14/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/14/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/10/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/10/2025SenateReturned To Senate as Passed.
4/10/2025HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/10/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/10/2025HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
4/10/2025HouseRULES SUSPENDED
4/10/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
4/9/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/9/2025HouseOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
4/9/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/9/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/9/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/8/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
1/13/2025SenateFiled
1/13/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB35 - Introduced
1/13/2025
Act Version
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