# Arkansas SB560: TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND.

Arkansas SB560, TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jane English (Republican), Dwight Tosh (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-18 (Notification that SB560 is now Act 740) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas SB560
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-24
- Last action: 2025-04-18, Notification that SB560 is now Act 740
- Sponsors: Jane English (Republican), Dwight Tosh (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (127 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More funding options for worker training: benefit, low. Each fiscal year, up to $6 million in assessment proceeds goes to Arkansas’s unemployment-insurance administration fund. The rest goes to the Training Trust Fund instead of the Unemployment Compensation Fund, removing the former $2.5 million cap. The training fund can pay for staff, operating costs…
- Lower unemployment tax rates for employers: benefit, low. Arkansas sets the general employer unemployment tax rate at 1.9% for 2024 and 2025. Beginning January 1, 2026, it falls to 1.8%, and listed reserve-based rates fall by 0.1 percentage point. The minimum is 1.8% until employers have three consecutive years when an eligible employee could have receive…
- Higher unemployment administration charges for employers: cost, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, Arkansas employers pay a 0.2% unemployment administrative assessment on covered wages, up from 0.1%. This separate charge raises employer costs. The increase does not provide households with a direct payment.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jane English (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-14 | House | House Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 7:39:47 PM | pass | 94 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-04-03 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 4:03:34 PM | pass | 33 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-04-18: Notification that SB560 is now Act 740 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Returned from the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Returned to the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-10: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-04-03: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-04-03: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE (House)
- 2025-04-03: Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. (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)
- 2025-04-01: Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB560 - Introduced, 2025-03-24: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB560.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=740.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [SB560 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB560.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=740.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB560-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).