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HB 1176 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1176 appropriates $4.38 million for Arkansas' Department of Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The bill funds 112 regular staff positions (including directors, emergency planners, and administrative roles) and up to 28 temporary "extra help" employees, covering salaries, operations, and training. It allocates $2.77 million for regular salaries under state operations and $538,725 for federal program salaries. This funding directly supports the division's day-to-day functions, including emergency planning, grants management, and federal grant compliance, without creating new policies or affecting the public.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $4.38M for emergency management operations and staff, directly funding a state public safety program within budget allocations.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 545 → HB 1176 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text has been reformatted from a previous session's Act 545 to the current session's HB 1176, with no substantive policy changes visible in the provided excerpt. The formatting updates include session year changes and standard bill numbering adjustments.
TECHNICAL

Session year updated from unspecified to Regular Session 2025, and bill title changed from Act 545 to HB 1176

Removed reference to 'Act 545 of the Regular Session' as the bill has been renumbered for the 95th General Assembly

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1176 is now Act 545
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.