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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas reappropriates $101,000 for cemetery maintenance and historical preservation
Last action · April 27, 2026: Notification that SB71 is now Act 92
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas reappropriates $101,000 effective July 1, 2026, for the Department of Commerce - State Insurance Department to fund cemetery maintenance, acquisition costs for insolvent perpetual care cemeteries in , and grants for historic perpetual care cemeteries.
Provides funding to maintain insolvent perpetual care cemeteries and preserve historic burial grounds using unspent balances from the previous .
- State appropriations in Arkansas are constitutionally limited to a maximum duration of one fiscal year, requiring periodic reappropriation of unspent capital balances. 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 Commerce - State Insurance Department
Receives reappropriated funds and manages cemetery maintenance and grant disbursements.
Non-profit and government entity cemetery owners
Eligible to receive grants for the care and improvement of historic perpetual care cemeteries.
Key Facts
- Reappropriates the balance of appropriations from Act 77 of 2025 for cemetery maintenance and operations costs for insolvent, licensed perpetual care cemeteries in court-ordered receivership or conservatorship for five years or more.
- Allocates funds not to exceed $101,000 for cemetery acquisition costs and grants to non-profit or government entity owners of historic perpetual care cemeteries.
- Sets the effective date of the act as July 1, 2026.
- Prohibits the use of maintenance and general operations appropriations for the purposes outlined in this act.
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- Requires compliance with state purchasing, accounting, budgetary, and revenue stabilization laws during fund disbursement.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
18 actions- Apr 27, 2026SenateEnrolledNotification that SB71 is now Act 92
- Apr 24, 2026SenateEnrolledDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- Apr 24, 2026SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 23, 2026SenateReturned from the House as passed.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReturned To Senate as Passed.
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- Apr 23, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 23, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 22, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 22, 2026SenateOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- Apr 14, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 14, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
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