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SB 190 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REAPPROPRIATION.

SB 190 redirects unused state funds to Northwest Technical Institute for capital projects. It appropriates a total of $1,546,708 (combining $1,000,000, $499,039, $36,307, and $11,362) from previous budgets to cover construction, renovation, equipment, and facility improvements. The funds are specifically allocated for projects previously authorized under Act 113 of 2024. This bill directly affects Northwest Technical Institute by providing financing for its physical infrastructure needs without creating new programs or altering existing policies.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Feb 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 73 → SB 190 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text has been reformatted from Act 73 to SB 190, with the approval date removed and the document header updated to reflect the new bill number and session year. This appears to be a technical renumbering and formatting change rather than a substantive policy modification.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (2/13/25) that was present in the previous Act 73 version.

Updated document header to reflect SB 190 instead of Act 73, with new session year 2025.

Added blank lines at the beginning of the document for formatting purposes.

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
9
Committee
2
Feb 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB190 is now Act 73
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as Passed.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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