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Joint Budget Committee

April 16, 2026 ·9:00 AM ·Room A, MAC ·7:18
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HB1093 · 2 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…nd Senate Bill73 and then we have house bill 10,891,090 and house bill 1093 all of those have special language and refer those to speci…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION REAPPROPRIATION. Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB10 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “…hose are Senate Bill6367 and Senate Bill73 and then we have house bill 10,891,090 and house bill 1093 all of those have special langu…”
 Pre-2017 bill
HB1007 · 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…t KMW084 by Representative Childress and Senator Crowell to HB1007 – Department of Education-Division of Elementary and Second…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION - … Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB1034 · 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…l 16, 2026 --Senator Hammer or Representative Pilkington 4. HB1034 - Treasurer of State – Letter dated March 18, 2026 - Amendm…”
 AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL … Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB1036 · 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…Amendment and Bills 1. Amendment CJW036 by Senator Irvin to HB1036 – Department of Health Note: All exhibits for this meeting…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB1037 · 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…Municipalities 3. Amendment SRD016 by Senator M. Johnson to HB1037 – State Board of Election Commissioners 4. Amendment KMW084…”
 AN ACT FOR THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR. Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB1052 · 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…Staff Only'. 2. Amendment JAR145 by Senator M. Johnson to HB1052 – Office of Treasurer – State Turnback for Counties and Mun…”
 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE TURNBACK FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES BY THE … Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
HB1089 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “63, 67, and Senate Bill 73. And then we have House Bill 1089, 1090, and House Bill 1093. All of those have special langu…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - DISBURSING OFFICER SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. Joint Budget Committee Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's …
SB73 Act 141 · 1 mention in transcript
Matched: “63, 67, and Senate Bill 73. And then we have House Bill 1089, 1090, and House Bill 109…”
 AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION. Joint Budget Committee Notification that SB73 is now Act 141

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Speaker 1 0:00
with that we'll go ahead and start with b1 representative shepherd you're
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 0:19
here yet there you go you're recognized to
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Representative Matthew J. Shepherd Unverified 0:23
present the committee report thank you mr chairman the claims review litigation reports oversight subcommittee met on Tuesday, April 14th, reviewed two litigation settlements from the Department of Corrections and affirmed the ruling of the Claims Commission as to one denied and dismissed claim as noted in the report, and I move adoption
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 0:42
of the report. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Members, do we have any questions? All right. Seeing no questions, we've got a motion to adopt. We've got a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. All those opposed?
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Senator Breanne Davis Unverified 1:01
Motion carries. B2, Senator Davis. thank you mr. chair the jbc personnel subcommittee met on tuesday april 14th and wednesday april 15th and reviewed the governor's letters and amendments listed in the report as items 1 through 17 all items are released back to the joint budget committee as adopted with the exception of item 3 the lieutenant governor's office amendment jr134 which did not pass i move the adoption of the report with the exception of items 3 and 4 the auditor of state and the lieutenant governor which have been requested to be sent back to personnel for further review all right thank
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 1:36
you members do we need questions on the report seeing no questions we've got a motion to adopt we've got a second in discussion on the motion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion carries b3 senator hammer Or can I go with Representative Pilkington if Senator Hammer's not here? They had a long day yesterday. Who's my vice chair? All right, Senator Irvin. Thank
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 2:23
you for pitching. Yeah. The peer review subcommittee met yesterday, April 15th. The subcommittee received reports, reviewed requests, and approved the following. Various temporary appropriation, American Rescue Plan Act appropriation, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act appropriation, restricted reserve fund transfers, and a reallocation of resources. Two items in the report are held. K-2 discretionary grants for DHS are held for the next peer review meeting. L-4, which was a contract number 8 with DHS and EMS L-I-N-Q, is held for today's meeting. DHS has provided information since the meeting. Representative Richardson is releasing his hold on this contract. I move adoption of the report, including review of contract number 8 in L-4.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 3:13
All right. Thank you, Senator. Members, do we have any questions on the report? Seeing Senator Flowers.
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Senator Stephanie Flowers Unverified 3:19
Yes, I have a question. That letter B, the American Rescue Plan Act appropriation request, those are return funds. Where are they being returned to? To the federal government. Okay. And it was because they did not use them? They weren't necessary?
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 3:43
That's correct. They were not used within the time frame given under the federal parameters.
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Senator Stephanie Flowers Unverified 3:48
So as a matter of them not using in the time frame, so fraud detection, that money was not used in the time?
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Senator Missy Irvin Unverified 4:00
Yes, they used money that they received, but they just didn't expend all of that money. So the things that they weren't able to expend, we are returning. And there's no request, or there
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Senator Stephanie Flowers Unverified 4:12
can be no request for those funds to be retained by the state?
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 4:18
No, ma'am. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Do we have any other questions? Seeing no other questions, we've got a motion to adopt. We've got a second. Any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. Next up, we have B4 Senator Johnson. And I believe you've got a, you're in
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 4:46
discussions. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm still gathering some information on this, so I'd ask we'll keep the hold on it
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 4:52
until next week. It's been on our report to be considered now this week. If you can, let's work through whatever we need to over the weekend, and hopefully we can take it up on Tuesday or know what the changes that maybe y'all are working through need to be. That
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Senator Mark Johnson Unverified 5:05
would be my intention, Mr. Chairman. All right, perfect. Thank you.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 5:10
And then that's really for. All right. Thank you. The other side also. Let's get together and figure out what we've got going on there. Members, we have several bills that we need to refer to special language. They're not on your report, but they're going to be in your packets in the back. Those are Senate Bill 63, 67, and Senate Bill 73. And then we have House Bill 1089, 1090, and House Bill 1093. All of those have special language and we'll refer those to special language. That takes us to C1. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Item C1 is
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Speaker 35 5:42
an amendment by Senator Irvin to the Department of Health. It contains special language. Special language. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Item C2 is an amendment by Senator Mark Johnson to the Office of the Treasurer. It also contains special language. Special language. Item C3 is an amendment also by Senator Johnson to State Board of Election commission it contains special language all right special language
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 6:04
members uh i know we've got a pretty good number of holds out there i think you're working with the agency or the entity whatever that may be we need to start wrapping those up and moving through whatever the concerns are and getting those to a conclusion uh next thursday unless there is some very strong valid reason uh those are going to be released by this committee those holds are going to be released um again so if you've got a hold on a bill it's time to to get to work and let's work through whatever's happening there and then uh if if you can't do that before thursday and and do not have a reason that you can explain to the committee those will be released senator hester you recognized i appreciate that announcement i guess what
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Senator Bart Hester Unverified 6:46
i wanted to pair it or add on to that was if the agency is not being responsive to you not having meetings with you not trying to work through it Please let us, anybody in leadership, know that as well.
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Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified 6:57
Thank you. Thank you. Members, do we have anything else? All right, seeing nothing else before us, thank you for your time this morning. We are adjourned.
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Agenda

A. Call to Order

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B. Reports and Communications

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C. Consideration of Member Amendment and Bills

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D. Consideration of New Bills Referred to Joint Budget Committee

E. Other Business

F. Adjournment

7:04
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Speakers

Speaker 1
1 segment
Senator Jonathan Dismang Unverified
16 segments
Representative Matthew J. Shepherd Unverified
2 segments
Senator Breanne Davis Unverified
2 segments
Senator Missy Irvin Unverified
3 segments
Senator Stephanie Flowers Unverified
3 segments
Senator Mark Johnson Unverified
3 segments
Speaker 35
2 segments
Senator Bart Hester Unverified
1 segment