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HB 1087 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT - OIL AND GAS COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1087 is an appropriations bill that allocates $4.7 million for the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment's Oil and Gas Commission for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It funds 33 regular staff positions (including roles like Oil & Gas Director and inspectors) and up to six temporary employees, covering salaries, operations, travel, and pollution control. The bill also includes a separate $12.5 million allocation from the Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging Fund for well plugging program expenses. As a funding measure, it does not create new policy but authorizes spending for existing agency operations and programs.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $4.7M for state department operations and staff, directly funding essential environmental program management within budget appropriations.95% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyFunds oil and gas commission operations and staff, directly supporting fossil fuel energy infrastructure within the energy topic.90% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentFunds pollution control, oil/gas inspections, and well plugging programs through dedicated staffing and cleanup allocations, directly advancing environmental protection activities.85% confidence
Sub-Topics: Oil & Gas
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 181 → HB 1087 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 181 to HB 1087 and formatted for the 95th General Assembly's 2025 Regular Session. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or content alterations are visible in this excerpt.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from Act 181 to HB 1087 and session year updated to 2025 Regular Session

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

29–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 35
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic6
4 Yea 2
66% Yea
R Republican29
25 Yea 4
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 25, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1087 is now Act 181
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.