ArkansasArkansas law funds court staff and juvenile services for 2026–27
Effective July 1, 2026, Arkansas’s law provides money for court staff and juvenile services through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
What it does
The Administrative Office of the Courts has $11,104,607 for trial court administrators’ salaries, related costs, expenses, and substitutes.
The Administrative Office of the Courts has $13,115,245 for circuit court reporters, including transcripts for people who cannot afford them.
The Administrative Office of the Courts has $4,618,100 to reimburse part of full-time juvenile officers’ salaries, plus $1,111,386 for drug-court officers and screenings.
Argument forFunding court staff, transcripts for people who cannot afford them, and juvenile officers could help these services keep operating through the year.
Argument againstSetting aside money for these court and juvenile services could leave less state funding available for other needs that year.
More detail
The law sets aside state money for trial court administrators’ salaries, related costs, expenses, and substitutes. The appropriation covers trial court administrators of the circuit courts and their substitutes. The money comes from the State Central Services Fund and must follow applicable state spending laws. The funds are for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
The law sets aside state money for official circuit court reporters’ salaries, related costs, allowances, indigent transcripts, and substitutes. The appropriation covers official reporters of the circuit courts; part of it is for transcripts for people who cannot afford them. The money comes from the State Central Services Fund and must follow applicable state spending laws. The funds are for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
The law sets aside money to reimburse part of full-time juvenile officers’ salaries and to fund drug-court officers and screening expenses. The reimbursement is for full-time juvenile probation and intake officers. The separate drug-court funding covers juvenile probation and intake officers and risk assessments and behavioral screenings. The salary reimbursement follows Arkansas Code sections 16-13-327 and 16-13-328. The money comes from the State Central Services Fund and must follow applicable state spending laws. These appropriations are for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 27Notification that SB32 is now Act 79Became Law
- Apr 24DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.To Governor
- Apr 24Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- Apr 23ORDERED ENROLLED
- Apr 23Returned from the House as passed.
- Apr 23Returned To Senate as Passed.
- Apr 23EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 23Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 23Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- Apr 23RULES SUSPENDED
- Apr 22Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.Minor
- Apr 22RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- Apr 22Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- Apr 22EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- Apr 22Read the third time and passed.Passed Senate
- Apr 21Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do PassMinor
- Apr 15Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEEMinor
- Apr 15REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- Apr 15Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- Apr 15Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- Apr 8Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEEMinor
- Apr 1FiledIntroduced
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