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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas approves $33,745,835 budget for Workers' Compensation Commission for fiscal year 2027
Last action · April 23, 2026: Notification that SB37 is now Act 15
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts Senate Bill 37, appropriating $33,745,835 for the personal services, operating expenses, claims, and building maintenance of the Workers' Compensation Commission for the ending June 30, 2027. The act authorizes a maximum of 105 regular employees and takes effect on July 1, 2026.
The measure determines the operational funding, staffing caps, and claims payments for the state agency handling workers' compensation disputes and benefits, backed by specific trust funds and cash funds for 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.
Workers' Compensation Commission
Receives operating and administrative funding, employee position caps, and authority for building maintenance and claims payouts.
Death and Total Disability Claimants
Eligible for claim disbursements funded through the Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund.
Second Injury Claimants
Eligible for claim payments allocated from the Second Injury Trust Fund.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Apr 23, 2026SenateEnrolledNotification that SB37 is now Act 15
- Apr 16, 2026SenateEnrolledDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 16, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 16, 2026SenateReturned from the House as passed.
- Apr 16, 2026HouseReturned to the Senate as passed.
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- Apr 16, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 16, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- Apr 15, 2026HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 15, 2026SenateOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 15, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
- Apr 8, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 1, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history
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