Joint Budget Committee
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Bills discussed (5)
| Bill | Title | Sponsor | Status |
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SB54
Act 1015
· 8 mentions in agenda, transcript
Matched: “…ds and Commissions 3. Amendment JAR067 by Senator Hester to SB54 – Auditor of State-Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys Note: All e…”
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AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB54 is now Act 1015 |
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SB67
Act 1016
· 5 mentions in transcript
Matched: “…to add amendment 2 to the agenda for consideration today on Senate Bill 67. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all th…”
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AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that SB67 is now Act 1016 |
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HB1163
Act 1005
· 3 mentions in transcript, agenda
Matched: “…nator Bryant's going to withdraw that amendment. That means House Bill 1163, Department of Labor and Licensing is ready. Do we have any…”
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AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATION FOR … | Joint Budget Committee | Notification that HB1163 is now Act 1005 |
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HB1635
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…rictions designating areas as 'Members and Staff Only'. 4. HB1635 by Representative McCullough – Arkansas Teaching Veterinari…”
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AN ACT FOR A GRANT FOR AN ARKANSAS TEACHING VETERINARIAN HOSPITAL AT THE LITTLE ROCK … | McCullough | Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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SB633
· 1 mention in agenda
Matched: “…8, 2025 C. Consideration of Member Bills and Amendments 1. SB633 by Senator Bryant – To Provide Funding for the Correctional…”
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TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SET-ASIDE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS … | J. Bryant | Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment. |
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Senator Jonathan Dismang
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0:00
All right, members, if you can take your seats alright with that chair sees a quorum representative Clowney I
Representative Nicole Clowney
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0:42
think you're here to present the peer report you're recognized thank you mr. chair the peer review subcommittee met yesterday April 9th subcommittee received reports reviewed requests and approved the following various temporary appropriation American Rescue Plan Act appropriation infrastructure investment and Jobs Act appropriation and a restricted reserve fund transfer I move adoption of the report all right thank you members you've
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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1:08
heard an explanation of the report do we have any questions seeing no questions we've got a motion
to adopt we've got a second in discussion seeing none all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed motion carries members do we have any questions on B2 or 3? All right seeing no questions those items are reviewed. Hey members before we move to schedule C I think most people have had a chance to make it in and some of you probably know about this some of you don't but Robert Brex decided to be a short timer so he's uh he's made the decision I think to jump across and try another branch of government but we're excited for you and
appreciate your service so thank you sir and like all good accountants we'll let
you come up and give a speech. All right, members, that's going to take us to C1, and we're
going to pass over that today. All right, C2, Senator Bryant is going to withdraw that amendment. That means House Bill 1163, Department of Labor and Licensing is ready. Do we have any questions on House Bill 1163? Seeing none, we've got a motion to do pass. 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. That takes us Senator Hester. We've got an amendment for Senate Bill
54. That is going to be on page 11 in your packet. I
know we're kind of in a bunch of different places. Could you go
Speaker 17
3:18
ahead and just explain the amendment yes sir on page 11 this is item c3 this is an amendment by senator hester to
senate bill 54 deputy prosecuting attorneys this adds 10 new deputy prosecuting attorneys at a cost of one million dollars to state central services all right thank you members
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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3:32
do we have any questions on the amendment to senate bill 54 representative wardlaw thank you mr chair what does
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
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3:43
that leave us in central services we're pulling that extra million out a year yes
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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3:48
DFA do y'all have a balance on central services not necessarily a
balance but a running balance that's what as
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
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4:05
far as what's coming out yep very supportive of where the amendments going by
Robert Breck
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4:13
the way I just want to understand central services. Robert Brecht, DFA. I don't have the exact number. It's around $200 million. The balance is sufficient. We've got it at 3% or 2% now. The total reduction is 3%,
one for the courts or one for constitutionals and 2% for central services. That's been sufficient so far, and the balances are healthy. I think eventually, you know, it's likely that you may have to raise it, depending on how the revenues are, but it's 2% of the gross revenues. Yes, sir. Thank you. Members, moving to the
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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4:45
questions on the amendment. Seeing none, what's the will of the committee? 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. Senate Bill 54 is ready for a do pass as amended. Do we have any questions on Senate Bill 54? Seeing none, we've got a motion do pass as amended. We've got a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion carries. We're going to pass over C4. D, just a revenue stabilization is going to be on your desk this afternoon and then we'll be considering that on
monday and then we have a handout and this is for a member's amendment from senator clark tucker members while that's being handed out i'm going to go ahead just for time to go ahead and let senator tucker explain the amendment thank you mr
Senator Clarke Tucker
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5:52
chair ultimately i'm going to have a motion to suspend the rules to put this on the agenda. But the situation, this is for the public defender's budget.
Y'all may remember when we were in here the other day, and we made a verbal amendment to the public defender's budget, and things were moving fast, and we didn't get it exactly right. So the public defender's budget was on the Senate floor. We re-referred it back here to get it right. This is to add $1 million to the public defender's budget, which is the agreement that we reached among legislative leadership, governor's office, public defenders, prosecutors, everyone. So this is agreed to by everyone. But what we have to do is suspend
the rules to get this on the agenda, adopt the amendment, and send it back to the Senate floor.
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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6:32
All right, members, we've got a motion to suspend the rules to add Amendment 2 to the agenda for consideration today on Senate Bill 67. Is there any discussion on the motion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed, motion carries. All right, you're welcome to
Senator Clarke Tucker
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6:48
present the amendment. Same amendment, members. This adds $1 million into the public defender's budget. I move adoption of the amendment. I appreciate a good vote.
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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6:55
All right, members, you have an explanation. Do we have any questions? Senator Bryant, you're recognized. Thank you,
Senator Joshua Bryant
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7:00
Mr. Chair. Does this add positions as well?
You said we were going to put 40. Do we add more
Senator Clarke Tucker
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7:06
positions with the extra eight? This particular amendment is going to add 11 positions to the public
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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7:13
defenders. Okay, thank you. Yes, sir. All right, I think that handled the questions. Representative Springer, you're good? Okay. All right, members, any other questions? Seeing none, we've got a motion to adopt. Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 67. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed, motion carries. Now Senate Bill 67 is ready for a due pass as amended.
I've got a motion due pass as amended. I'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. Members, we're going to
come back Monday at 9 o'clock and be able to make sure you stop by and see Robert on the way out. Thank you again, sir. We're adjourned. Thank you.
Agenda
A. Call to Order
B. Reports and Communications
C. Consideration of Member Bills and Amendments
D. Revenue Stabilization Law -Submitted on the Joint Budget Agenda prior to the meeting at which the bill will be considered, per JBC Rule 11
E. Bills Re-referred to Joint Budget
F. Other Business
G. Adjournment
Documents
| Title | Type | Pages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agenda — JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE, Apr 10, 2025 | Agenda | 2 | Official source ↗ |
| B.1 PEER-Review Report 4.9.25 | Exhibit | 63 | Official source ↗ |
| B.2 FY2025 3rd Qtr Investor Education Quaterly Report | Exhibit | 2 | Official source ↗ |
| B.3 ASP Monthly Report ending 3-31-2025 | Exhibit | 3 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
| C. Member Amendments and Bills | Exhibit | 16 | Official source ↗ |
| RSA | Exhibit | 15 needs OCR | Official source ↗ |
Speakers
Senator Jonathan Dismang
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Representative Nicole Clowney
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Speaker 17
Representative Jeff Wardlaw
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Robert Breck
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Senator Clarke Tucker
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Senator Joshua Bryant
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