Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1100

Introduced

1/13/25

Refer

1/13/25

Report Pass

2/13/25

Engrossed

2/18/25

Enrolled

2/20/25

Chaptered

2/25/25

Passed

2/25/25

Caption

An Act For The Arkansas State Claims Commission Appropriation For The 2025-2026 Fiscal Year.

Summary

HB1100 is the Arkansas State Claims Commission appropriation bill for fiscal year 2025-2026. It provides funding for the commission’s operations, including salaries for up to 10 employees, personal services matching, and operating expenses, with a total operations appropriation of $762,346 from the State Central Services Fund. The bill also appropriates $2.25 million from the Miscellaneous Revolving Fund to pay certain claims awarded by the commission, including benefits for surviving spouses and dependent children of policemen, firemen, correctional officers, and other specified state employees killed in the line of duty, as well as small controversial and non-controversial claims approved by the commission. In addition, it sets aside $8,000 for expense reimbursements for the Firefighter Benefit Review Panel. The act includes standard fiscal compliance language, legislative intent provisions, and an emergency clause making it effective July 1, 2025.

Impact

HB1100 does not change substantive claims law; instead, it authorizes the spending authority needed for the Arkansas State Claims Commission to operate and to pay eligible awards during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. It affects state budgeting and fund disbursement rules by specifying the sources and amounts available for commission operations, claims payments, and firefighter panel reimbursements, while requiring compliance with state procurement, accounting, budgetary, and revenue stabilization laws.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been noncontroversial and broadly supported. It passed the House 97-0 and the Senate 29-0 on third reading, indicating unanimous approval in both chambers. The absence of committee transcript debate also suggests the appropriation was treated as a routine budget measure rather than a contested policy proposal.

Contention

There is little visible contention around HB1100. Because it is an annual appropriation bill, the main issues are administrative and fiscal rather than ideological. Any potential points of interest are the allocation of $2.25 million for claims involving line-of-duty deaths and other commission awards, and the continued funding of the Firefighter Benefit Review Panel, but the voting record shows no recorded opposition to these provisions.

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Companion Bills

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