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Arkansas House Bill HB1003

Arkansas 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas House Bill HB1003 Compare Versions

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11 Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law.
2-Act 871 of the Regular Session
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5-State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H4/3/25 1
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3+State of Arkansas 1
64 95th General Assembly A Bill 2
75 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1003 3
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1210 For An Act To Be Entitled 8
1311 AN ACT TO MAKE AN APPROPRIATION FOR PERSONAL SERVICES 9
1412 AND OPERATING EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF 10
1513 REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 11
1614 JUNE 30, 2026; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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1917 Subtitle 15
2018 AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF 16
2119 REPRESENTATIVES - STAFF APPROPRIATION FOR 17
2220 THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. 18
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2422 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 20
2523 21
2624 SECTION 1. REGULAR SALARIES - HOUSE STAFF. There is hereby established 22
2725 for the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the 23
2826 following maximum number of regular employees. 24
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3028 Maximum Annual 26
3129 Maximum Salary Rate 27
3230 Item No. of Fiscal Year 28
3331 No. Title Employees 2025-2026 29
34- (1) CHIEF OF STAFF 1 GRADE EXE04 30
35- (2) CHIEF COUNSEL/PARLIAMENTARIAN 1 GRADE EXE03 31
36- (3) COORD LEGISLATIVE SERV 1 GRADE EXE01 32
37- (4) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE SPC08 33
38- (5) CHIEF CLERK/FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SPC08 34
39- (6) DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICES 1 GRADE SPC08 35
40- (7) ADMIN SPECIALIST/TRAVEL COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS10 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
32+ (1) CHIEF OF STAFF 1 GRADE SE04 30
33+ (2) CHIEF COUNSEL/PARLIAMENTARIAN 1 GRADE SE03 31
34+ (3) COORD LEGISLATIVE SERV 1 GRADE SE01 32
35+ (4) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 33
36+ (5) CHIEF CLERK/FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SE01 34
37+ (6) DIRECTOR OF MEMBER SERVICES 1 GRADE SE01 35
38+ (7) ADMIN SPECIALIST/TRAVEL COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS12 36 HB1003
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45- (8) HOUSE PROPERTIES & FACILITIES MGR 1 GRADE SPC03 1
46- (9) DIRECTOR OF OPS/EXEC ADMIN TO THE SPEAKER 1 GRADE SPC08 2
47- (10) ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE SGS09 3
48- (11) CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER/SERGEANT AT ARMS 1 GRADE LES05 4
49- (12) ASST CHIEF CLERK/ASST FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE SPC02 5
50- (13) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/VIDEOGRAPHER 1 GRADE IST07 6
51- (14) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/PHOTOGRAPHER 1 GRADE SPC01 7
52- (15) ADMINISTRATIVE RECEPTIONIST 2 GRADE SGS06 8
53- (16) ASST HOUSE PROPERTIES & FACILITIES MGR 1 GRADE SGS04 9
54- (17) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/SOUND CLERK 1 GRADE SGS06 10
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41+ (8) HOUSE PROPERTIES & FACILITIES MGR 1 GRADE GS12 1
42+ (9) DIRECTOR OF OPS/EXEC ADMIN TO THE SPEAKER 1 GRADE GS12 2
43+ (10) ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST 1 GRADE GS11 3
44+ (11) CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER/SERGEANT AT ARMS 1 GRADE GS11 4
45+ (12) ASST CHIEF CLERK/ASST FISCAL OFFICER 1 GRADE GS11 5
46+ (13) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/VIDEOGRAPHER 1 GRADE GS10 6
47+ (14) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/PHOTOGRAPHER 1 GRADE GS10 7
48+ (15) ADMINISTRATIVE RECEPTIONIST 2 GRADE GS07 8
49+ (16) ASST HOUSE PROPERTIES & FACILITIES MGR 1 GRADE GS07 9
50+ (17) COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST/SOUND CLERK 1 GRADE GS06 10
5551 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 18 11
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5753 SECTION 2. EXTRA HELP. There is hereby authorized, for the Arkansas 13
5854 House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum 14
5955 number of part-time or temporary employees, to be known as "Extra Help", 15
6056 payable from funds appropriated herein for such purposes: seven (7) temporary 16
6157 or part-time employees, when needed, at rates of pay not to exceed those 17
6258 provided in the Uniform Classification and Compensation Act, or its 18
6359 successor, or this act for the appropriate classification. 19
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6561 SECTION 3. APPROPRIATION - STAFF. There is hereby appropriated, to the 21
6662 Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from the State Central 22
6763 Services Fund, for personal services and operating expenses of the Arkansas 23
6864 House of Representatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the 24
6965 following: 25
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7167 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 27
7268 NO. 2025-2026 28
7369 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $1,662,250 29
7470 (02) EXTRA HELP 50,000 30
7571 (03) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 449,602 31
7672 (04) MAINTENANCE & GENERAL OPERATIONS 100,000 32
7773 (05) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 33
7874 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 34
7975 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 35
80- (C) PROF. FEES 25,000 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
76+ (C) PROF. FEES 25,000 36 HB1003
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8579 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 1
8680 (E) DATA PROC. 0 2
8781 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $2,286,852 3
8882 4
8983 SECTION 4. APPROPRIATION - INSTITUTE. There is hereby appropriated, to 5
9084 the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from the Constitutional 6
9185 Officers Fund, for payment of per diem and mileage of members and newly 7
9286 elected members who attend the Institute of Legislative Procedure, House 8
9387 Legislative Orientation, and any other briefing meetings held prior to the 9
9488 convening of a Legislative Session of the General Assembly , the sum 10
9589 of................................................................... $50,000. 11
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9791 SECTION 5. APPROPRIATION - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY . There is hereby 13
9892 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 14
9993 the State Central Services Fund , for operating expenses required in 15
10094 continuing the automating of the legislative process of the Arkansas House of 16
10195 Representatives for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 17
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10397 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 19
10498 NO. 2025-2026 20
10599 (01) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 21
106100 (A) OPER. EXPENSE $25,000 22
107101 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 23
108102 (C) PROF. FEES 0 24
109103 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 125,000 25
110104 (E) DATA PROC. 0 26
111105 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $150,000 27
112106 28
113107 SECTION 6. REGULAR SALARIES - MEMBER SERVICES. There is hereby 29
114108 established for the Arkansas House of Representatives - Member Services for 30
115109 the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular employees. 31
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117111 Maximum Annual 33
118112 Maximum Salary Rate 34
119113 Item No. of Fiscal Year 35
120- No. Title Employees 2025 -2026 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
114+ No. Title Employees 2025-2026 36 HB1003
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125- (1) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE III 6 GRADE SGS10 1
126- (2) HOUSE SPECIAL PROJECTS/GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE SGS11 2
127- (3) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE II 3 GRADE SGS07 3
128- (4) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE I 2 GRADE SGS06 4
129- (5) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY 1 GRADE SGS05 5
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117+ (1) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE III 6 GRADE GS11 1
118+ (2) HOUSE SPECIAL PROJECTS/GRANTS COORDINATOR 1 GRADE GS11 2
119+ (3) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE II 3 GRADE GS09 3
120+ (4) HOUSE LEGIS ANALYST/SESSION EMPLOYEE I 2 GRADE GS06 4
121+ (5) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE SECRETARY 1 GRADE GS05 5
130122 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13 6
131123 7
132124 SECTION 7. APPROPRIATION - MEMBER SERVICES. There is hereby 8
133125 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 9
134126 the State Central Services Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 10
135127 of the Arkansas House of Representatives - Member Services for the fiscal 11
136128 year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 12
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138130 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 14
139131 NO. 2025-2026 15
140132 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $969,285 16
141133 (02) EXTRA HELP 25,000 17
142134 (03) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 271,399 18
143135 (04) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 19
144136 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 10,000 20
145137 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 21
146138 (C) PROF. FEES 0 22
147139 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 23
148140 (E) DATA PROC. 0 24
149141 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $1,275,684 25
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151143 SECTION 8. REGULAR SALARIES - SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING . There is hereby 27
152144 established for the Arkansas House of Representatives Supplemental Staffing 28
153145 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the following maximum number of regular 29
154146 employees. 30
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156148 Maximum Annual 32
157149 Maximum Salary Rate 33
158150 Item No. of Fiscal Year 34
159151 No. Title Employees 2025-2026 35
160- (1) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST II 5 GRADE SGS07 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
152+ (1) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST II 5 GRADE GS09 36 HB1003
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165- (2) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE SGS06 1
166- (3) MANAGEMENT PROJECT ANALYST 1 GRADE SGS05 2
167- (4) HOUSE LEGIS COMMITTEE SECRETARY 5 GRADE SGS05 3
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155+ (2) HOUSE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST 2 GRADE GS06 1
156+ (3) MANAGEMENT PROJECT ANALYST 1 GRADE GS06 2
157+ (4) HOUSE LEGIS COMMITTEE SECRETARY 5 GRADE GS05 3
168158 MAX. NO. OF EMPLOYEES 13 4
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170160 SECTION 9. APPROPRIATION - SUPPLEMENTAL STAFFING . There is hereby 6
171161 appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable from 7
172162 the State Central Services Fund , for personal services and operating expenses 8
173163 of the Arkansas House of Representatives - Supplemental Staffing for the 9
174164 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 10
175165 11
176166 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 12
177167 NO. 2025-2026 13
178168 (01) REGULAR SALARIES $670,000 14
179169 (02) PERSONAL SERV MATCHING 174,000 15
180170 (03) MAINT. & GEN. OPERATION 16
181171 (A) OPER. EXPENSE 0 17
182172 (B) CONF. & TRAVEL 0 18
183173 (C) PROF. FEES 0 19
184174 (D) CAP. OUTLAY 0 20
185175 (E) DATA PROC. 0 21
186176 TOTAL AMOUNT APPROPRIATED $844,000 22
187177 23
188178 SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION - HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE EXPENSES . There is 24
189179 hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be payable 25
190180 from the State Central Services Fund , for paying per diem, expenses and 26
191181 mileage to members of the House of Representatives attending regular and 27
192182 special meetings and other committee related activities of the House Select 28
193183 Committees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the following: 29
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195185 ITEM FISCAL YEAR 31
196186 NO. 2025-2026 32
197187 (01) PER DIEM, EXPENSES AND MILEAGE FOR 33
198188 MEMBERS OF HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES $50,000 34
199189 35
200- SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - REAPPROPRIATION - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
190+ SECTION 11. APPROPRIATION - REAPPROPRIATION - CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS 36 HB1003
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205193 FUND. There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas House of 1
206194 Representatives, to be payable from the Constitutional Officers Fund , for the 2
207195 balance remaining on June 30, 2025, in the appropriations enacted to defray 3
208196 any necessary expenses of the House of Representatives of the Ninety -Fifth 4
209197 General Assembly, Section 2 of Act 1 of 2024, Sections 4 and 11 of Act 43 of 5
210198 2024, and HB1001 as introduced in the 2025 Regular Session, there to be used 6
211199 for the same purposes of the Arkansas House of Representatives of the Ninety -7
212200 Fifth General Assembly, of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 8
213201 fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the sum of...................... $2,050,000. 9
214202 10
215203 SECTION 12. APPROPRIATION - REAPPROPRIATION - STATE CENTRAL SERVICES . 11
216204 There is hereby appropriated, to the Arkansas House of Representatives , to be 12
217205 payable from the State Central Services Fund , for the balance remaining on 13
218206 June 30, 2025 in the appropriations enacted to defray any necessary expenses 14
219207 of the House of Representatives of the Ninety -Fifth General Assembly, 15
220208 Sections 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12 of Act 43 of 2024, there to be used for the 16
221209 same purposes of the Arkansas House of Representatives of the Ninety -Fifth 17
222210 General Assembly, the sum in the aggregate not to exceed.......... $2,025,000. 18
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224212 SECTION 13. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 20
225213 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. USES OF 21
226214 FUNDS. The funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to defray the 22
227215 necessary expenses of the operation of the Office of the Speaker of the House 23
228216 of Representatives, the Office of the Chief of Staff, the Office of the 24
229217 Coordinator of House Legislative Services, the Office of Parliamentarian, the 25
230218 Chief Clerk's Office, House Member Services Office and other reasonable and 26
231219 necessary expenses of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly 27
232220 incurred during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 2026. Any balance 28
233221 remaining on June 30, 2024 2025 in the funds provided by this Act shall be 29
234222 made available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 2026 and for the same 30
235223 purposes. 31
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237225 SECTION 14. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 33
238226 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. TRANSFER 34
239227 AUTHORITY. If the Speaker of the House and the Chief of Staff or his 35
240-designee determine that any item or portion thereof appropriation herein for 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
228+designee determine that any item or portion thereof appropriation herein for 36 HB1003
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245231 a specific purpose is not needed for such purpose, they may certify such fact 1
246232 to the State Auditor and the State Auditor shall cause a transfer to be made 2
247233 from one item to another between any appropriations authorized by the General 3
248234 Assembly for the House of Representatives . 4
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250236 SECTION 15. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 6
251237 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. SALARIES. 7
252238 In order that exceptionally well -qualified personnel may be recruited and 8
253239 retained, the House of Representatives may exceed the maximum salary levels 9
254240 by no more than twenty percent (20%) for no more than one -third (1/3) of the 10
255241 positions authorized in their operation appropriation act, may exceed the 11
256242 maximum salary levels for the purpose of merit adjustments for all positions, 12
257243 and may promote a maximum of two grades for no more than one -third (1/3) of 13
258244 the classified positions authorized in its operation appropriation act. 14
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260246 SECTION 16. SPECIAL LANGUAGE. NOT TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ARKANSAS 16
261247 CODE NOR PUBLISHED SEPARATELY AS SPECIAL, LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAW. 17
262248 AUDIO/VISUAL POLICY. The appropriations provided herein to produce audio or 18
263249 video materials by or under the direction of the House of Representatives 19
264250 shall not be used for the following: 20
265251 (a) A person may not use audio or video materials produced by or under the 21
266252 direction of the House of Representatives in political or campaign 22
267253 advertising. 23
268254 (b) A person may not use audio or video materials produced by or under 24
269255 the direction of the House of Representatives for a commercial purpose. 25
270256 (1) In this section, "commercial purpose" means a purpose that 26
271257 is intended to result in a profit or other tangible benefit. 27
272258 (c) The House Management Committee may give permission to an entity to 28
273259 use the audio or video materials for public education governmental 29
274260 broadcast which shall not conflict with subsection (b). 30
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276262 SECTION 17. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS. Disbursement of funds 32
277263 authorized by this act shall be limited to the appropriation for such agency 33
278264 and funds made available by law for the support of such appropriations; and 34
279265 the restrictions of the State Procurement Law, the General Accounting and 35
280-Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 36 As Engrossed: H4/3/25 HB1003
266+Budgetary Procedures Law, the Revenue Stabilization Law, the Regular Salary 36 HB1003
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285269 Procedures and Restrictions Act, or their successors, and other fiscal 1
286270 control laws of this State, where applicable, and regulations promulgated by 2
287271 the Department of Finance and Administration, as authorized by law, shall be 3
288272 strictly complied with in disbursement of said funds. 4
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290274 SECTION 18. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the General 6
291275 Assembly that any funds disbursed under the authority of the appropriations 7
292276 contained in this act shall be in compliance with the stated reasons for 8
293277 which this act was adopted, as evidenced by the Agency Requests, Executive 9
294278 Recommendations and Legislative Recommendations contained in the budget 10
295279 manuals prepared by the Department of Finance and Administration, letters, or 11
296280 summarized oral testimony in the official minutes of the Arkansas Legislative 12
297281 Council or Joint Budget Committee which relate to its passage and adoption. 13
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299283 SECTION 19. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. It is found and determined by the 15
300284 General Assembly, that the Constitution of the State of Arkansas prohibits 16
301285 the appropriation of funds for more than a one (1) year period; that the 17
302286 effectiveness of this Act on July 1, 2025 is essential to the operation of 18
303287 the agency for which the appropriations in this Act are provided, and that in 19
304288 the event of an extension of the legislative session, the delay in the 20
305289 effective date of this Act beyond July 1, 2025 could work irreparable harm 21
306290 upon the proper administration and provision of essential governmental 22
307291 programs. Therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Act 23
308292 being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health 24
309293 and safety shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 2025. 25
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