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SB 22 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

SB 22 is a budget appropriation bill for Arkansas' Department of Inspector General for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It increases funding from $1.37 million to $3.36 million and adds 16 new positions, including five Internal Auditors at GS-08 level and other audit/financial roles. The bill directly affects the Inspector General department's staffing and operational capacity by authorizing specific new hires and higher budget allocations. This is purely a funding measure with no policy changes, as it adjusts existing budget line items without creating new laws.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesIncreases funding from $1.37M to $3.36M for Inspector General department, directly authorizing higher budget allocations and new hires for fiscal oversight and accountability.95% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 377 → SB 22 · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text has been renumbered and rebranded from Act 377 to SB 22, with no substantive policy changes visible in the provided excerpt. The document format was updated to reflect the new bill number and session year.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from Act 377 to SB 22; session year updated to 2025; formatting adjusted to standard bill format.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB22 is now Act 377
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as Passed.
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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