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Votes at a glance: Joint Budget Committee advances many departmental budget items; select bills failed

April 02, 2025 | AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Arkansas


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Votes at a glance: Joint Budget Committee advances many departmental budget items; select bills failed
The Joint Budget Committee on 2025-04-02 considered dozens of departmental and special-language items. Below is a concise list of bills the committee moved and their outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript.

Key passed items (committee advanced):
- House Bill 10‑89 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- House Bill 11‑91 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 88 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 37 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 39 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 359 — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 88 (Division of Higher Education, special-language packet) — Do pass as amended (passed)
- Senate Bill 332 — Do pass (Department of Education appropriation) (passed)
- Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 92 (department transformation/shared services; creates positions for captive insurance program) — Adopted
- House Bill 15‑77 (perpetual care cemetery grants) — Reviewed; sponsors asked to provide further information (held for follow-up)
- House Bill 16‑39 (assault nurse examiners program) — Do pass (passed)
- House Bill 19‑27 (date correction to appropriation) — Do pass (passed)
- House Bill 13‑89 (human development centers appropriation) — Do pass (passed)
- Senate Bill 93 (Department of Education) — Passed
- Senate Bill 128 (UAMS) — Passed
- Senate Bill 130 (ASU Jonesboro) — Passed
- Senate Bill 25 (Insurance Department) — Passed
- House Bill 10‑90 (Commerce/Development Finance Authority) — Passed
- House Bill 10‑91 (Health Department) — Passed
- House Bill 10‑95 (Bank & Securities Department) — Passed
- House Bill 10‑97 (Public Service Commission) — Passed
- House Bill 11‑02 (Treasurer: county & municipal aid) — Passed
- House Bill 11‑24 (DFA Management Services & Revenue Division) — Passed
- House Bill 11‑27 (Department of Education – State Library) — Passed
- House Bill 11‑52 (Public School Academic Facilities Fund) — Passed
- House Bill 11‑76 (Public Safety – Emergency Management) — Passed

Contested or failed items:
- Senate Bill 362 (Youth organization grants) — Failed after chamber division and roll-call (committee announced the bill failed)
- House Bill 16‑35 (Little Rock Zoo veterinary hospital appropriation) — Failed after Senate division vote

Notes: Many items were advanced by voice vote or standard motion; the committee used division roll calls for some contested items. Where the transcript recorded only that the chair announced “motion carries” or “motion fails,” numerical tallies were not provided in the record. Members were repeatedly reminded that holds on budgets must be reconciled with agencies by the next meeting or the hold will be released.

Ending: The committee concluded with a set of passed departmental appropriations and several items scheduled for follow-up. Sponsors of items that failed or were held were urged to provide additional detail at the next meeting.

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