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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas appropriates funding and authorizes personnel positions for the Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management for fiscal year 2027
Last action · May 1, 2026: Notification that HB1008 is now Act 158
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas establishes maximum staffing levels and appropriates operational, grant, and disaster relief funds for the Department of Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management for the ending June 30, 2027. The measure takes effect on July 1, 2026, to ensure uninterrupted emergency management operations.
State funding and personnel caps are set across multiple emergency response programs, including over $438 million for disaster relief grants and millions more for 911 rural enhancement and wireless communications networks for the 2026-2027 .
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 Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management
The division receives authorized personnel caps, operational funding, and grant appropriations for fiscal year 2027.
State employees within emergency management
Maximum salary rates, regular salary allocations, and position classifications are established or continued for fiscal year 2027.
Local first responders and emergency services agencies
Grants and aid programs, including first responder, homeland security, and 911 enhancement grants, are funded through the appropriations.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- May 1, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1008 is now Act 158
- Apr 28, 2026HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseTO BE ENROLLED
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReturned to the House as Passed.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
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- Apr 28, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateReceived from the House.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 27, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 23, 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 1, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
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