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SB 198 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF REAPPROPRIATION.

SB 198 reassigns unused capital improvement funds from previous appropriations to the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf. It allocates $15 million to each school for facility maintenance, renovation, and repairs, effective July 1, 2025. The bill allows schools to supplement state funds with grants, donations, or unobligated cash but prohibits using regular maintenance budgets for these projects.
Issues: ✓ EducationSupports EducationAllocates $15M per school for facility maintenance/repairs, directly funding educational infrastructure at specialized schools.95% confidence
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 81 → SB 198 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 81 to SB 198 for the 95th General Assembly's 2025 Regular Session. The effective date remains July 1, 2025. The primary change is the removal of the approval date line, which appears to be a formatting or procedural adjustment rather than a substantive policy change.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (2/13/25) that was present in the previous Act 81 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
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB198 is now Act 81
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
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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