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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas Legislature Approves $19.9 Million in Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations for UAMS Research Centers and Public Health Programs
Last action · April 22, 2026: Notification that HB1058 is now Act 52
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What This Bill Does
House Bill 1058 appropriates operating funds and authorizes staff positions for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Reynolds Center on Aging, Boozman College of Public Health, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, and the Area Health Education Center in Helena for the ending June 30, 2027.
The measure determines funding levels and staff caps for specialized medical education, aging research, and public health facilities across Arkansas, drawing primarily from tobacco settlement program accounts.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Receives operating and salary appropriations for its college, research centers, and regional health education center.
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Receives specific research program funding and potential fund transfers to match federal Medicaid payments.
Tobacco Settlement Commission
Required to make funding source disclosures available to all new hire and current positions paid from tobacco settlement proceeds.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 22, 2026HouseEnrolledNotification that HB1058 is now Act 52
- 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 15, 2026HouseConsidered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseRULES SUSPENDED
- 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 1, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Tobacco Settlement Fund Dependency
All major operating and salary appropriations for these four UAMS facilities rely entirely on specialized program accounts within the Tobacco Settlement Program Fund rather than general revenue.
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