House passes House and Senate appropriations and six budget bills; emergency clauses attached

The Arkansas House unanimously approved multiple appropriations measures and budget bills during regular session calendar action.

Representative Vaught explained House Bill 1,001, an appropriation to fund House personnel and expenses for the 2024–2025 fiscal year; the House carried the bill and its emergency clause by recorded vote of 99 yays, 0 nays, 0 present. Representative Vaught said the measure ‘‘will pay our wonderful staff who works so hard for us’’ and noted there were no substantive changes aside from handling House travel internally.

The House then considered Senate Bill 1, the Senate’s expense appropriation for the 90th General Assembly for fiscal 2025. Representative Vaught urged members to support the Senate appropriation "out of courtesy," and the House approved the bill and its emergency clause by recorded vote of 99 yays, 0 nays, 0 present.

Later the chamber voted on a batch of six appropriations—House Bill 1102, House Bill 1108, House Bill 1109, House Bill 1110, House Bill 1111 and House Bill 1113—intended to fund city-and-county turnbacks, treasurer pass-throughs, property-tax amendment distributions, an animal-rescue shelter plate grant fund, uninsured-motorist medical reimbursement funds, and general-obligation bond proceeds for water and sewer projects. Representative Jean described the package and Representative Jean and the clerk recorded a unanimous vote of 100 yays, 0 nays, 0 present for the batch, each bill carrying an emergency clause.

All votes described on the floor were unanimous as recorded; the transcript records no roll-call dissent or amendments to these measures on the House floor during the recorded actions.