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SB 42 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

This bill appropriates $572,911 for the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to cover salaries and operating expenses. It establishes specific staffing limits: 1 Chief of Staff/Legal Counsel ($104,500), 1 Communications/Policy Director ($77,000), 2 Security Officers ($75,000 each), and 1 Executive Assistant ($44,000). The funds are allocated for personnel, travel, and administrative costs to support the office's operations, as required by state budget laws. This procedural bill directly affects the Lieutenant Governor's office and its budgetary planning.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates $572,911 for lieutenant governor's office operations per state budget laws, directly funding government spending as required.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 13, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Act 379 → SB 42 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 379' to 'SB 42' with minor structural changes. The approval date was removed from the text, and the bill was renumbered for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. These appear to be technical formatting updates rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from Act 379 to SB 42 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session, 2025

Approval date line (3/20/25) was removed from the bill text

Additional blank lines were added for formatting purposes

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
Mar 20, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that SB42 is now Act 379
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 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
Filed
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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