AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.
SB30 is the fiscal year 2026-2027 appropriation act for the Arkansas Office of the Governor. It authorizes funding for the Governor’s office operations, including regular salaries, extra help, employee benefits, and operating expenses, and sets a maximum of 59 regular employees plus up to seven temporary or part-time employees. The bill also includes a separate $500,000 appropriation for the Governor’s Emergency Proclamation fund, which is tied to the statutory authority in Arkansas Code § 19-2-401 for emergency-related expenditures.
The measure is a standard budget bill that does not change substantive policy law, but it does establish the spending authority and staffing structure for the Governor’s office for the upcoming fiscal year. It also includes special language allowing transfers among operations line items with required fiscal approval and legislative review, along with compliance provisions requiring adherence to state procurement, accounting, budgetary, revenue stabilization, and salary laws. The act is made effective July 1, 2026 through an emergency clause so the appropriations can take effect at the start of the fiscal year.
SB30 amends state law only in the sense that it creates a new annual appropriation and staffing authorization for the Office of the Governor for FY2026-2027. It appropriates $6,493,405 for operations from the State Central Services Fund and $500,000 from the Miscellaneous Revolving Fund for emergency proclamation purposes, while also setting employee classifications and maximum staffing levels. The bill affects the Governor’s office, the Department of Finance and Administration’s fiscal controls, and the legislative review process for transfers between appropriation line items.
The available record suggests the bill was routine and noncontroversial. There are no committee transcripts or recorded votes in the provided materials, and the bill advanced to become Act 134. As an annual appropriations measure, it appears to have been treated as a standard budget item necessary to keep the Governor’s office operating for the new fiscal year.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. The only potentially notable issue is the inclusion of a $500,000 emergency proclamation appropriation and the authority to transfer funds among line items, which are common budget provisions but can sometimes draw scrutiny because they give the executive branch flexibility in spending. However, there is no evidence in the record of opposition, debate, or disagreement over those provisions.