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SB 30 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS TOBACCO SETTLEMENT COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

SB 30 appropriates $357,456 from the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement Fund for the Department of Health's Tobacco Settlement Commission during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funding covers one administrative analyst position ($43,881), operational expenses ($42,575), travel/conferences ($3,000), and $250,000 for professional fees to monitor and evaluate tobacco settlement program expenditures. This bill directly affects the Department of Health's Tobacco Settlement Commission by providing resources to oversee how settlement funds are spent, without creating new policies or altering existing program rules.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $357,456 from tobacco settlement fund for health commission operations, supporting fiscal management of allocated revenue.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill allocates $357k from tobacco fund to Department of Health's Tobacco Settlement Commission for program monitoring, directly funding public health initiatives targeting tobacco-related health issues.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 59 → SB 30 · 1 edit
MINOR
This is a technical renumbering and formatting change where the bill was renumbered from Act 59 to SB 30 for the 95th General Assembly's Regular Session in 2025. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were altered in this version.
TECHNICAL

Bill was renumbered from Act 59 to Senate Bill 30 for the 2025 Regular Session.

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
8
Committee
1
Feb 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB30 is now Act 59
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned to the 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 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
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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