AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION REAPPROPRIATION.
HB1092 is a fiscal-session reappropriation bill for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, Division of Community Correction. It carries forward the remaining balance of a prior capital improvement appropriation, originally provided in Act 91 of 2025, and makes up to $671,398 available beginning July 1, 2026 for maintenance, acquisition, replacement, repair, expansion, construction, equipping, renovation, purchase, improvement, and upgrade of the division’s real property and facilities.
The bill is limited to capital improvement spending and does not create a new program or change substantive criminal justice policy. Instead, it extends the availability of previously authorized funds from the Community Correction Revolving Fund so the division can continue facility-related projects without losing unused balances at the end of the prior appropriation period.
HB1092 reappropriates unused capital improvement funds to the Department of Corrections, Division of Community Correction, allowing the agency to spend up to $671,398 from the Community Correction Revolving Fund for facility and property improvements. It reinforces existing fiscal controls by requiring compliance with state purchasing, accounting, budgetary, and revenue stabilization laws, and it prohibits using general maintenance and operations appropriations for these capital purposes. The act becomes effective July 1, 2026, and functions as a budgetary continuation measure rather than a policy change affecting criminal statutes or offender eligibility.
The available context suggests the bill was routine and noncontroversial. It was sponsored by the Joint Budget Committee, had no recorded committee transcript debate, and no listed votes or objections in the provided materials. The bill’s later status as Act 113 indicates it moved through the legislative process as a standard appropriations measure.
No specific points of contention are reflected in the provided record. Because the bill is a reappropriation of existing capital funds for correctional facilities, any concerns would likely have centered on budget priorities, facility needs, or the use of revolving-fund balances, but none were documented in the transcripts or vote history supplied here. The absence of recorded opposition suggests broad agreement on the need to preserve funding for ongoing community correction infrastructure projects.