AN ACT FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR.
SB 1 provides $675,000 for Senate operations and maintenance, $650,000 for employee salaries, and $75,000 for employer matching funds, totaling $1.375 million, to cover the Arkansas Senate's costs during the 2025 fiscal year. This routine funding bill ensures the Senate has resources for daily activities like staff salaries and office expenses but does not create new policy or affect the public. It was passed by the legislature and became law on January 27, 2025, without requiring gubernatorial action.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Signed into Law
Jan 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025
Signed Jan 27, 2025
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What changed between versions
Act 9
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SB 1
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MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 9 to SB 1 and underwent minor formatting adjustments to section headings. The substantive content of the bill remains unchanged, including the emergency clause declaration and legislative intent provisions.
TECHNICAL
Bill title changed from Act 9 to SB 1 with updated session information for the 95th General Assembly, Regular Session 2025.
Minor formatting adjustments to section headings (SECTION 3, SECTION 4, and SECTION 5) with slight spacing changes in the document layout.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
0
Jan 27, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB1 is now Act 9
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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