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SB 21 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - POST-PRISON TRANSFER BOARD APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

SB 21 allocates $2.47 million in state funds for the Department of Corrections' Post-Prison Transfer Board to cover salaries and operations during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The bill establishes maximum staffing levels for 21 positions, including Parole Board Members, Revocation Hearing Judges, and administrative roles, to support the board's work in managing post-prison transitions for Arkansas inmates.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAllocates $2.47M for Corrections' Post-Prison Transfer Board operations, directly funding a state program under budget appropriations.95% confidence ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeFunds Post-Prison Transfer Board to support inmate reintegration, reducing recidivism through structured transitions and staffing for parole/revocation processes.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Feb 17, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 55 → SB 21 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from Act 55 to SB 21, removing the approval date stamp while preserving the effective date of July 1, 2025. No substantive policy changes were made to the legislation itself.
TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date stamp (2/13/25) from the document header.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB21 is now Act 55
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as Passed.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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