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HB 1151 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1151 is a budget bill that allocates $23.2 million in state funds for Arkansas' Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It provides funding for staffing (including 44 full-time positions), operating expenses, and specific grants - such as $23.2 million for vocational center aid and $1.1 million for special needs student programs - to public school districts. The bill directly affects Arkansas public schools and vocational centers by funding existing CTE services, including career training programs and student support. It does not create new policies but authorizes spending from designated state funds, as confirmed when it became Act 186 on February 25, 2025.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $23.2M for CTE programs, directly increasing state funding for education through budget appropriations.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationAllocates $23.2M for CTE programs, funding staffing, vocational centers, and special needs students in public schools, directly advancing educational funding and access.95% confidence
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 16, 2025 Signed Feb 25, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 186 → HB 1151 · 2 edits
MINOR
This bill update primarily involves technical formatting and spacing adjustments to the legislative text, including alignment changes in job position listings and budget tables. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were modified.
TECHNICAL

Adjusted spacing and alignment in job position listings and budget tables for formatting consistency

Updated bill header formatting from 'Act 186' to 'HB 1151' with additional blank lines

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 25, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1151 is now Act 186
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 16, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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