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SB 72 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

SB 72 is an appropriations bill that allocates funds for the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The bill establishes the maximum number of regular employees allowed for various positions within the AOC and its Court Automation division. It also sets the maximum annual salary rates for these roles by assigning them to specific salary grades. This legislation provides the necessary framework for staffing and operating the state's court administration for the upcoming fiscal year.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates specific funding for court administration operations, directly supporting state budget execution for essential government functions.95% 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 15, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 776 → SB 72 · 1 edit
MINOR
This bill update corrects a minor formatting error in the employee grade listing for the AOC Executive Assistant position, changing the grade from 'SGS08' to 'SGS08' with proper spacing. The change is purely technical and does not alter any substantive policy, funding, or eligibility requirements.
TECHNICAL

Fixed formatting inconsistency in line 30 where the employee grade 'SGS08' had inconsistent spacing, now standardized to match surrounding entries.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
2
Apr 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB72 is now Act 776
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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