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HB 1544 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE TURNBACK FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES BY THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

HB 1544 directs the Office of the Treasurer of State to distribute supplemental funds to counties and municipalities that were previously collected by the state but not yet returned to local governments. This bill allocates existing "state turnback" funds - money the state collected on behalf of local entities but hadn’t yet distributed - to support local budgets. It does not create new funding or change eligibility; it simply ensures timely payment of these existing state-held funds to qualifying local governments. The bill passed in March 2025 and is now Act 299.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Signed Mar 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 299 → HB 1544 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 299' to 'HB 1544' with minor formatting adjustments. The approval date line was removed, and the document header was updated to reflect the new bill number and session year.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Act 299' designation and approval date line from the document header.

Added blank lines and updated bill header to reflect 'HB 1544' and '95th General Assembly, Regular Session, 2025'.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 12, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1544 is now Act 299
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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