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HB 1262 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - ARKANSAS BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

HB 1262 appropriates $5,643,838 from the Tobacco Settlement Program Fund to support the Arkansas State University - Arkansas Biosciences Institute for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funding covers salaries and operating expenses for 43 specific positions, including research faculty, program administrators, and support staff, with detailed annual salary caps listed in the bill. This bill directly affects the institute's budget and operations by allocating tobacco settlement funds for personnel costs, not state general funds. The appropriation is restricted to tobacco settlement funds, with explicit language stating state funds cannot replace these if tobacco funds expire.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $5.6M from tobacco settlement fund to fund biosciences institute operations, directly advancing budget appropriation for public research and education programs.95% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationFunds Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University with tobacco settlement funds, directly supporting higher education infrastructure and research operations.85% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAllocates tobacco settlement funds to biosciences research institute, advancing healthcare innovation through research funding.85% 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 27, 2025 Signed Feb 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 89 → HB 1262 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 89 to HB 1262 for the 95th General Assembly's 2025 Regular Session. A minor formatting adjustment was made to the fiscal year line, changing the spacing around the year designation from '2025-2026' to '2025-2026' with different spacing, though the content remains identical. No substantive policy changes were identified in the provided diff.
TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustment to the fiscal year line in the budget schedule, changing spacing around the year designation without altering the actual year or budget amounts.

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 13, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1262 is now Act 89
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 27, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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