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SB 39 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

SB 39 allocates funding for Arkansas' Division of Workforce Services for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It establishes a maximum of 137 employees with specific salary grades for roles including IT specialists, legal staff, program managers, and administrative positions. This budget measure directly affects the division's staffing structure but does not create new programs or change service eligibility.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates dedicated funding for workforce services staffing, maintaining existing program budget without cuts or tax changes.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Apr 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 609 → SB 39 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill has been renumbered from Act 609 to Senate Bill 39, with no substantive policy changes. The text shows only formatting updates, date stamps, and legislative session information rather than any modifications to the actual bill content.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 609 to Senate Bill 39, likely indicating a procedural update in the legislative process.

Added date stamps (S3/10/25 and S4/3/25) and formatting markers indicating the bill is now in its engrossed 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
25
Key actions
9
Committee
3
Apr 14, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB39 is now Act 609
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as Passed.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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