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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas enacts SB 45 appropriating funds and setting maximum salaries for the University of Arkansas at Monticello for the 2026-2027 fiscal year
Last action · April 23, 2026: Notification that SB45 is now Act 19
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What This Bill Does
Act 19 establishes regular employee position limits, allocations, and operating appropriations totaling over $15.6 million from state operations and $27.5 million from for the University of Arkansas at Monticello for the ending June 30, 2027. The law takes effect on July 1, 2026, to ensure uninterrupted educational and administrative operations.
Sets the financial parameters and personnel caps governing campus operations, staff salaries, and capital expenditures for the university system for the upcoming .
- The General Assembly of the State of Arkansas convenes regular and fiscal sessions to enact annual appropriations acts for state agencies and higher education institutions. context
- State appropriations for Arkansas institutions of higher education are restricted to one-year periods under state constitutional provisions, necessitating annual budget bills. context
Who It Affects
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University of Arkansas at Monticello
Receives designated funding authorizations, position limits, and operating parameters for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
University staff and faculty
Subject to established maximum salary rates and regular employee position counts for the fiscal year.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
18 actions- Apr 23, 2026SenateEnrolledNotification that SB45 is now Act 19
- Apr 16, 2026SenateEnrolledDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 16, 2026SenateReturned from the House as passed.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseReturned To Senate as Passed.
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- Apr 16, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 16, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 15, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 15, 2026SenateOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 15, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- Apr 8, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 1, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
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