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HB 1617 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATION.

HB 1617 allocates $3.8 million for a camera project at Wrightsville Correctional Facility and $300,000 for flooring upgrades at McPherson Correctional Facility. The bill directs these state funds specifically for capital improvement projects within the Arkansas Department of Corrections' Division of Correction. It prohibits using maintenance or operations budgets for these projects and requires compliance with standard state fiscal controls. The funds are designated for immediate use starting July 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 339 → HB 1617 · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 339' to 'HB 1617' format, with the approval date removed from the text. This appears to be a technical formatting change rather than a substantive policy modification.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date 'APPROVED: 3/18/25' from the bill text

Changed the bill header from 'Act 339 of the Regular Session' to 'HOUSE BILL 1617' format for the 95th General Assembly

Floor votes · Senate Mar 13, 2025 · House Mar 12, 2025

How they voted

34–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 35
Mar 13, 2025
D Democratic6
6 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican29
28 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1617 is now Act 339
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as Passed.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.