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Read. Follow. Verify.Arkansas Appropriates $3.4 Million for Auditor Operations and $50 Million for Unclaimed Property Claims for Fiscal Year 2027
Last action · May 1, 2026: Notification that SB51 is now Act 154
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What This Bill Does
Arkansas enacts Senate Bill 51 (Act 154), allocating $3,438,833 for the Auditor of State operations and $3,824,800 for the Unclaimed Property Program, plus $52.5 million in cash funds for claims and mineral proceeds, effective July 1, 2026.
Residents seeking to claim abandoned property or mineral proceeds rely on these funded state operations and claim pools for payouts throughout the 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.
Auditor of State
Receives funding allocations, position limits, and transfer authorities for operations and programs.
Claimants of Unclaimed Property
Access up to $50 million in appropriated cash funds for the payment of property claims.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
18 actions- May 1, 2026SenateEnrolledNotification that SB51 is now Act 154
- Apr 28, 2026SenateEnrolledDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 28, 2026SenateORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 28, 2026SenateReturned from the House as passed.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReturned to the Senate as passed.
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- Apr 28, 2026HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 28, 2026HouseFloorRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseIntroducedRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
- Apr 27, 2026HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 27, 2026SenateOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorRead the third time and passed.
- Apr 23, 2026SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 23, 2026SenateFloorAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
- Apr 8, 2026SenateIntroducedRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
- Apr 1, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled
Version history
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