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HB 1088 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1088 appropriates $77.9 million for Arkansas' Department of Finance and Administration - Child Support Enforcement for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It funds 775 full-time staff positions (including 279 "Child Support Specialists") and up to 15 temporary "Extra Help" workers, covering salaries, operations, and equipment. The bill directly affects the state agency's existing child support enforcement operations by providing funding for personnel and administrative costs. It does not change child support eligibility, payment rules, or public-facing services.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $77.9M for child support enforcement operations, directly advancing state budget appropriations for agency staffing and administrative costs.95% confidence
Sub-Topics: Appropriations
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 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 82 → HB 1088 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a previous Act 82 version to the current HB 1088 format for the 95th General Assembly in 2025. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or content alterations are visible in this excerpt.
TECHNICAL

Header formatting was updated to reflect the 95th General Assembly and 2025 Regular Session instead of Act 82 from a prior session.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 11, 2025 · House Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

32–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 35
Feb 11, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
26 Yea 3
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 13, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1088 is now Act 82
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Feb 6, 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.