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SB 194 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT REAPPROPRIATION.

SB 194 reallocates $101,000 in state funds to the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department for specific cemetery-related purposes. It directly affects insolvent, licensed perpetual care cemeteries in court receivership for five or more years (covering maintenance, operations, and acquisition costs up to $1,000), and historic cemeteries owned by non-profits or government entities (funding care and improvements). The bill specifies these funds cannot be used for general agency operations and must comply with state fiscal laws. The funds become effective July 1, 2025, to support cemetery maintenance and preservation under defined criteria.
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 77 → SB 194 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 77 to SB 194, removing the approval date and adjusting the header format. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content, scope, or requirements.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date (2/13/25) that was present in the previous Act 77 version.

Updated the document header to reflect the new bill number (SB 194) and session year (2025) while keeping the effective date unchanged.

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 SB194 is now Act 77
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
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Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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