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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas Reappropriates Over $56 Million for Capital Improvements at the School for the Deaf and Blind
Last action · April 27, 2026: Notification that HB1085 is now Act 108
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas reappropriates unspent capital improvement balances totaling $20,750,936.33 and $35,000,000.10 from development funds, plus $1,118,000.11 from cultural grants, to the Department of Education for the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind, effective July 1, 2026.
Maintains funding authority for ongoing campus construction, building maintenance, and historic preservation projects at the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind without authorizing new tax increases.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind
Receives reauthorized funding balances for campus construction, renovation, maintenance, and historic preservation.
Department of Education
Administers the reappropriated funds payable from the Development and Enhancement Fund and the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Grant and Trust Fund.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 27, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1085 is now Act 108
- Apr 23, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 23, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 23, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateReturned to the House as Passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 23, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 22, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 22, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 21, 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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Carry-forward of 2025 Act Balances
The bill explicitly rolls over unspent capital appropriations originally authorized under Act 81, Act 332, and Act 297 of 2025.
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