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HB 1546 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

HB 1546 provides $19.5 million in supplemental funding for medical contracts and $6.5 million for county jail reimbursements to Arkansas' Department of Corrections. The bill transfers these amounts from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to cover essential costs not fully addressed by prior funding (Act 49 of 2024). It directly affects the Department of Corrections' operations and counties housing state inmates. As a funding measure, it does not change laws or policies but ensures continued service delivery due to "unforeseen circumstances" as declared in the emergency clause.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesProvides $26M supplemental funding for essential corrections operations (medical contracts, jail reimbursements), directly supporting budget allocation for state services per topic definition.95% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeProvides $26M in supplemental funding for Department of Corrections medical and jail operations, directly supporting corrections system capacity without policy changes.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareFunds $19.5M for medical contracts in corrections, directly increasing healthcare services for inmates within the Department of Corrections.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 335 → HB 1546 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 335' to 'HB 1546' with the approval date line removed. This appears to be a technical formatting change rather than a substantive policy modification.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line 'APPROVED: 3/18/25' that was present in the previous version.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
8
Committee
1
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1546 is now Act 335
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.