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HB 1089 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS WATERWAYS COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1089 is a funding bill that adjusts staffing levels for the Arkansas Waterways Commission within the Department of Commerce for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It specifically increases the maximum number of "Research Project Analyst" positions (B076C) from one to three employees. This change directly affects the commission's operational staffing structure but does not alter the overall funding amount. The bill passed as Act 618 after amendments to its personnel allocation.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Apr 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 618 → HB 1089 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 618 to HB 1089 with minor structural changes. The effective date was updated to July 1, 2025, and a Joint Budget Committee signature line was added. No substantive policy changes were identified in the provided text.
TIMELINE

Effective date was updated to July 1, 2025

TECHNICAL

Added Joint Budget Committee signature line and formatting adjustments

Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025 · House Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Apr 8, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
29 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
10
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 14, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1089 is now Act 618
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
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

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