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Votes at a glance: key House actions and roll-call results, April 14, 2025
Summary
A roundup of major votes and concurrence actions taken by the Arkansas House during its April 14 session, including budget, education and public-safety measures and a selection of Senate bills transmitted to the House.
Today’s House session recorded many roll-call decisions, including budget and policy measures. The list below summarizes notable votes reported in the transcript and provides the key outcome for each item; the transcript records sponsor explanations and the clerk’s roll-call tallies.
- House Bill 16 71 (sales and use tax exemption for small nonprofits): Passed, vote reported 82 yeas, 7 nays, 0 present (clerk report). Sponsor: Rep. Johnson.
- House Bill 18 78 (require early voting locations for cities with population 15,000+): Passed, vote reported 75 yeas, 15 nays, 7 present. Sponsor: Rep. McGruder.
- House Bill 2,003 (Revenue Stabilization Act / budget outline presented on RSA): Passed with emergency clause, vote reported 91 yeas, 4 nays, 2 present. Sponsor: Rep. Lane Jean (budget presentation by Rep. Jean).
- Senate Bill 93 (appropriations for Department of Education, emergency clause): Passed with emergency clause, vote reported 94 yeas, 3 nays and 1 present.
- Senate Bill 3 62 (youth activities appropriation): Passed with emergency clause recorded; clerk reported 68 yeas, 14 nays, 15 present on final tally.
- Senate Bill 6 32 (warning labels for certain hair relaxer chemicals): Passed, clerk reported 78 yeas, 7 nays and 8 present.
- Senate Bill 6 12 (civil penalties, private right of action for social media harms to minors): Passed, vote reported 91 yeas, 2 nays, 4 present.
- Senate Bill 6 19 (authority for isolated school districts to reorganize): Passed, vote reported 98 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 5 68 (sales and use tax exemption for lithium resource development, qualifying thresholds): Passed, vote reported 86 yeas, 5 nays, 6 present.
- Senate Bill 400 (fair funding program language cleanup): Passed, vote reported 97 yeas, 0 nays.
- Senate Bill 4 83 (streamline insurance department reporting): Passed, vote reported 92 yeas, 5 nays, 1 present.
This roundup is selective: the transcript also records many concurrence votes on Senate amendments to House bills, motions to recall specific bills, and several other floor procedural motions. For each listed item, the transcript provides sponsor remarks and the clerk’s roll-call tally; it does not necessarily capture subsequent administrative or implementation steps that may follow passage (such as rulemaking, appropriation transfers or referendum scheduling).
