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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas appropriates $18.15 million for Educational Television Division operations for fiscal year 2027
Last action · May 1, 2026: Notification that SB59 is now Act 155
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts SB 59 to provide a total of $18,159,962 in state and cash funds for the Department of Education - Educational Television Division's personal services, operating expenses, and s for the ending June 30, 2027. The measure authorizes up to 92 regular employees and sets temporary staffing limits for state and cash operations, taking effect July 1, 2026.
The law determines the funding levels, staffing caps, and expenditure limits for public educational broadcasting and media services across the state for the 2027 .
- State appropriations bills in Arkansas are enacted annually to fund state agencies and operations for the upcoming fiscal year. 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.
Educational Television Division
Receives its annual state and cash appropriations, employee position limits, and spending authority for fiscal year 2027.
State and extra help employees
Subject to salary rates, position caps, and temporary employment limitations established by the act.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
21 actions- May 1, 2026SenateEnrolledNotification that SB59 is now Act 155
- Apr 28, 2026SenateEnrolledDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReturned from the House as passed.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReturned to the Senate as passed.
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- Apr 28, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 28, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and failed.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 23, 2026SenateOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 23, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- Apr 21, 2026SenateCommitteeRe-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 21, 2026SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- Apr 8, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
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