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HB 1094 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - TOBACCO PREVENTION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1094 allocates $14.6 million in state funding for Arkansas' Department of Health tobacco prevention and cessation programs for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The bill authorizes 31 full-time staff positions (including nurses, public health specialists, and program coordinators) and up to four temporary workers, with $1.7 million designated for regular salaries. It also funds operational expenses like outreach, nutrition programs, and health services totaling $9.2 million. This funding directly supports the state’s efforts to reduce tobacco use through prevention initiatives and cessation support services. The bill is a budget appropriation, not a policy change, and was signed into law as Act 494 on April 8, 2025.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $14.6M for tobacco prevention programs, increasing state budget allocation for public health services.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllocates $14.6M for tobacco prevention/cessation public health programs, directly funding healthcare services and strengthening state public health initiatives.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Apr 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 494 → HB 1094 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting and header changes between Act 494 and HB 1094, with no substantive policy modifications to the legislative content itself. The primary differences are structural formatting elements like date stamps and page markers rather than changes to the actual bill provisions.
TECHNICAL

Added date and time stamp (01/06/2025 2:42:14 PM) and page number (HB1094) to document header

Removed 'Act 494 of the Regular Session' reference, indicating this is now a new bill number (HB 1094) rather than referencing previous legislation

Added blank lines in document structure, likely for formatting consistency

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
8
Committee
1
Apr 8, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1094 is now Act 494
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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