Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 53 — AN ACT FOR THE AUDITOR OF STATE - CONTINUING EDUCATION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.

Last action — Notification that SB53 is now Act 13

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on January 30, 2025.

Prognosis

Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill SB 53, a line has been added that states the bill was approved on January 30, 2025. Meanwhile, a reference to "Act 13 of the Regular Session" has been removed. This change clarifies the approval date of the bill, which is important for understanding when the legislation officially took effect and for tracking its implementation timeline.

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Act 13 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 53 5 By:
State ofArkansas 95th GeneralAssembly ABill Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 53 5 By:
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4 01/13/2025 8:34:58AM JAR031
1/30/25 4 01/13/2025 8:34:58AM JAR031
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Action History

  1. Notification that SB53 is now Act 13

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.

  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.

  4. ORDERED ENROLLED

  5. Returned from the House as passed.

  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.

  7. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

  8. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

  9. Speaker Transfer to the CALENDAR

  10. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

  11. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE

  12. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.

  13. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

  14. Read the third time and passed.

  15. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

  16. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

  17. Filed

Sponsors

  • Joint Budget Committee · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 137 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Joint Budget Committee

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (137)

137 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

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SB 53 is sponsored by Joint Budget Committee.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 14, 2025. Enacted.
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