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ArkansasSB552025 Regular SessionSenate

AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT 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 Supreme Court Bar gets operating funds

The law provides about $5.73 million from cash funds for Arkansas Supreme Court–Bar of Arkansas operations. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and supports up to 25 regular employees. The Bar can also use up to five temporary or part-time workers, with $20,000 set aside for extra help. Their pay cannot exceed rates for their job classification under state law or this act. Funding includes $420,000 for professional fees, $75,000 for construction, and $1.69 million for refunds, investments, and transfers.

Arkansas Supreme Court gets yearly operating funds

The law provides about $7.66 million from the State Central Services Fund for Arkansas Supreme Court operations. Funding runs from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, and supports up to 51 regular employees. The court can also use up to five temporary or part-time workers, with $30,000 set aside for extra help. Their pay cannot exceed rates for their job classification under state law or this act. Funding also includes $195,000 for court-appointed lawyers, $100,000 for judicial education, and $300,000 for court records technology.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joint Budget Committee

    Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 131 • No: 0

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

  1. Notification that SB55 is now Act 895

    4/21/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

    4/14/2025Senate

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

    4/14/2025Senate

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

    4/10/2025Senate

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

    4/10/2025Senate

  6. Returned To Senate as Passed.

    4/10/2025House

  7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    4/10/2025House

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

    4/10/2025House

  9. Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.

    4/10/2025House

  10. RULES SUSPENDED

    4/10/2025House

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

    4/9/2025House

  12. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

    4/9/2025House

  13. Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.

    4/9/2025Senate

  14. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

    4/9/2025Senate

  15. Read the third time and passed.

    4/9/2025Senate

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

    4/8/2025Senate

  17. Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

    4/7/2025Senate

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    4/7/2025Senate

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

    4/7/2025Senate

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

    4/7/2025Senate

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

    1/14/2025Senate

  22. Filed

    1/14/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • SB55 - Introduced

    1/14/2025

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  • Act Version

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