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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas appropriates $1.5 million and transfers $3.5 million for pregnancy help organization grants
Last action · May 1, 2026: Notification that HB1089 is now Act 171
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts Act 171 to provide a of $1.5 million for pregnancy help organization grants and directs a $3.5 million from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund, taking effect immediately upon approval.
The measure injects millions of dollars into specific grant accounts outside regular budget cycles, altering state fund balances and directing resources to pregnancy help organizations.
- Act 1006 of 2025 provided the initial base appropriations for state agencies during the prior fiscal period. context
- Supplemental appropriations allow the General Assembly to allocate additional funds to state agencies during fiscal sessions when regular budgets prove insufficient. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer
Receives an additional $1,500,000 appropriation and manages the disbursement of grant funds.
Pregnancy Help Organizations
Eligible to receive grant funding from the newly established and supplemented accounts.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $1,500,000 to the Department of Finance and Administration - Disbursing Officer for Pregnancy Help Organization Grants for fiscal year 2025-2026.
- Authorizes a transfer of $3,500,000 from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund to the Pregnancy Help Organization Grant Sub-Fund in the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account.
- Supplements previous funding provided by Section 37 of Act 1006 of 2025.
- Requires compliance with state fiscal control laws including State Procurement Law and Revenue Stabilization Law.
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- Declares an emergency clause making the act effective immediately upon passage and approval on May 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- May 1, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1089 is now Act 171
- Apr 28, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReturned to the House as passed.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseCommitteeReturned by the Committee Do Pass
- Apr 14, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 14, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
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Supplemental Funding via Reserve Transfer
The legislation pairs a direct $1.5 million appropriation with a $3.5 million fund transfer from the General Revenue Allotment Reserve Fund.
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