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ArkansasSB922025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSFORMATION AND SHARED SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Joint Budget Committee
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Bill Overview
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10 provisions identified: 9 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Funding for Arkansas shared services
For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides up to $14.89 million for statewide shared services. It also provides up to $1.27 million for marketing and redistribution, plus $600,000 for the department’s technology services. Shared services and technology use the State Central Services Fund; marketing and redistribution use the Property Sales Holding Fund. This funds agency staff and operations, not direct household payments.
Funding for Arkansas state building upkeep
For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides up to $27.65 million for state building maintenance. This includes $6.5 million for critical maintenance, about $5 million for debt payments, $125,000 for contingency needs, and $121,000 for rent. It also provides up to $2.21 million for Building Authority operations and $713,076 for Justice Building operations. Maintenance and Justice Building operations use the Building Authority Division Maintenance Fund; Building Authority operations use a separate state agency account. This supports state facilities, not household rent aid or direct payments.
Funding for state purchasing card rebates
For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law provides $4 million for the state’s purchase and travel card program. Money comes from the Purchase and Corporate Travel Card Program Fund. It covers refunds, reimbursements, vendor-bank rebates distributed to participating agencies, and program costs. These are agency rebates, not household rebates.
State agencies gain building loan options
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, state agencies can request Sustainable Building Design funding transfers. Renovations must involve state-owned property, cost more than $250,000, and lack enough available funding or spending authority. Requests must state the amount needed and include information required by the state’s chief fiscal officer. Transfers and additional revolving-fund loans require fiscal approval, prior legislative review, and Building Authority approval under program rules. Loan repayments return to the revolving fund; these are not household loans.
State building contingency funds gain flexibility
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, Building Authority contingency money can move to its other authorized appropriations. State agencies can also transfer money and spending authority into that account for building contracts or maintenance agreements. This requires insufficient Building Authority resources and a finding that having the division do the work is more cost effective. The division must justify incoming transfers and obtain approval from the state’s chief fiscal officer. The Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee must also approve those incoming transfers.
State building funds gain transfer options
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Building Authority Division has additional transfer options. It can move spending authority from Building Maintenance to Acquisition and Maintenance with fiscal and legislative approval. It can also receive another agency’s approved spending authority and funds in its Real Estate Fund. That money can fund only legally allowed purposes. Unspent cash from state-owned facilities the division manages but does not own can move into its maintenance fund for those facilities.
State technology funds gain transfer flexibility
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Division of Information Systems can move money for cash management. Transfers can run between the Information Technology Reserve Fund and the division’s Revolving Fund. The department secretary can also shift operating spending authority among line items to meet customer needs. Those line-item transfers require approval from the state’s chief fiscal officer and prior legislative review. These changes do not create household payments.
Unspent funds support Arkansas mapping data
For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the law directs unspent mapping-office funds remaining on June 30 into its geographic information fund. The transfer covers balances in the office’s specified state agency account. The money must support Arkansas’s spatial data system and framework mapping data. Before June 30, 2026, the office must explain its carry-forward needs in writing to the state budget office. This does not provide household payments.
Funding for state employee benefit administration
For July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026, the Employee Benefits Division gets up to $3.16 million for administration. This includes $717,700 for refunds and reimbursements; the state’s chief fiscal officer chooses the State Treasury cash fund used. Two health benefit advisory commissions each get $50,000 for member stipends and mileage, totaling $100,000. The commissions advise on public school and state employee health benefits. This funding does not change benefit amounts, health coverage, or who qualifies.
State technology customers face billing adjustments
From July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Division of Information Systems can adjust customer rates or bills. Adjustments must support compliance with state and federal legal requirements. The state can instead provide enough funding for compliance. The state’s chief fiscal officer and the Arkansas Legislative Council or Joint Budget Committee must approve the action. Charges can change for agencies and other customers, but the law sets no amount or direction.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Joint Budget Committee
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/14/2025
House Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 2:28:01 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 2 • Other: 2
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 1:35:33 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB92 is now Act 777
4/18/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/15/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/15/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/14/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/14/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/14/2025HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/14/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/14/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
4/10/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/10/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
4/10/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/10/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/10/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/9/2025SenateRe-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
4/3/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/3/2025SenateAmendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
4/3/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
4/3/2025SenateRe-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
3/31/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/31/2025SenateAmendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
3/31/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
3/31/2025SenateRe-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
3/10/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/10/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
3/10/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB92 - Introduced
1/23/2025
Act Version
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