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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas General Assembly appropriates $181.7 million for Department of Corrections shared services and allocates over $408 million for inmate care in fiscal year 2027
Last action · April 29, 2026: Notification that HB1011 is now Act 120
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 1011 establishes maximum employee headcounts, salary grades, and operating appropriations for the Arkansas Department of Corrections for the ending June 30, 2027. The measure allocates $181,794,000 for shared services, $408,246,979 for inmate care and custody, and includes provisions for county jail reimbursements, farm operations, and special language governing fund transfers.
The legislation dictates the operational budget, staffing levels, and financial allocations for Arkansas's state correctional system for 2027, impacting prison staffing, inmate medical contracts, county jail reimbursement funds, and employee holiday compensation.
- The Department of Corrections in Arkansas manages state adult correctional institutions, community supervision, and related programs under the oversight of the Board of Corrections and the General Assembly. context
- Fiscal sessions in the Arkansas General Assembly convene in even-numbered years primarily to address state budgetary and appropriation measures. 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 Corrections
The agency receives its operating appropriations, maximum employee headcounts, and spending authority for fiscal year 2027.
counties housing state inmates
Counties are eligible for reimbursement funds totaling $34,800,000 for housing state inmates.
Department of Corrections employees
Employees are subject to salary grade caps, regular position limits, overtime allocations, and holiday compensation provisions.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
19 actions- Apr 29, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1011 is now Act 120
- Apr 28, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 27, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReturned to the House as Passed.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- 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, 2026HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 22, 2026HouseCommitteeAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- Apr 22, 2026HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- Apr 21, 2026HouseCommitteeReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
- Apr 8, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 1, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
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Dedicated Prosecuting Attorney Funding
The Act mandates an annual transfer of up to $100,000 from Department of Corrections accounts to the State Central Services Fund to directly finance a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney handling prison offenses.
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- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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