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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas House Bill 1004 appropriates $506,000 for a reentry center grant to Returning Home
Last action · April 29, 2026: Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.Sponsor: Steve Unger
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What This Bill Proposed
Arkansas House Bill 1004 appropriates $506,000 from the Division of Community Correction Fund Account for a reentry center grant to Returning Home for the 2026-2027 . The funding is effective from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, and requires strict compliance with state fiscal control laws.
Allocates half a million dollars specifically to fund reentry services for returning citizens through a designated organization for a one-year period.
- The Arkansas General Assembly enacts appropriations acts annually or biennially to fund state agencies and specific programs. context
- The Department of Corrections oversees the Division of Community Correction, which manages community-based supervision and reentry programs in Arkansas. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Corrections - Division of Community Correction
Receives the appropriation and must budget, allocate, and expend up to $506,000 in compliance with state laws.
Returning Home
Receives a reentry center grant totaling $506,000 for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $506,000 to the Department of Corrections - Division of Community Correction for a Reentry Center Grant to Returning Home.
- The funding source is the Division of Community Correction Fund Account.
- The appropriation covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
- The special language provision restricts the use of funds to the period from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
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- Disbursement is subject to State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and Budgetary Procedures Law, and other state fiscal controls.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
6 actions- Apr 29, 2026HouseDied in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 15, 2026HouseCommitteeAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- Apr 15, 2026HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- Apr 8, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Mar 12, 2026HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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