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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas appropriates $1,000,000 for corrections intelligence technology to curb contraband wireless devices
Last action · April 22, 2026: Notification that HB1079 is now Act 64Sponsors: Dwight Tosh and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts a $1,000,000 cash for the Department of Corrections to procure and operate corrections intelligence technology designed to detect and mitigate contraband wireless devices within correctional facilities for the ending June 30, 2027.
Directs $1,000,000 in state s toward monitoring and controlling unauthorized wireless devices inside correctional facilities, taking effect on July 1, 2026.
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
Receives $1,000,000 in cash funding to procure and operate corrections intelligence technology.
Division of Correction
Manages correctional facilities where contraband wireless detection technology will be deployed.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $1,000,000 in cash funds to the Department of Corrections for contraband interdiction and corrections intelligence technology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
- Funds are designated for procuring, implementing, and operating technology and related services to detect, identify, monitor, and mitigate contraband wireless device activity within correctional facilities.
- Disbursement of funds is subject to state fiscal control laws including the State Procurement Law, General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, and Revenue Stabilization Law.
- The act takes effect on July 1, 2026, under an emergency clause enacted due to the constitutional one-year limitation on appropriations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- Apr 22, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1079 is now Act 64
- Apr 16, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 16, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateReturned to the House as Passed.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 16, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 15, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 14, 2026HouseCommitteeReturned by the Committee Do Pass
- Apr 8, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 8, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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