---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1041 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-01T20:36:26+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-29T19:46:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3efed0b4-e316-4529-bd93-21fdf998007e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9087b2dce28be50d458d9a44c1c3f57e21fa7fe577fab9f333acaa897cabf65b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
---

# Arkansas HB 1041 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 125** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=125.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2026F%2FPublic%2FHB1041-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1041** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/HB1041.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-04-01T20:36:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T21:47:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21T18:14:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2026-04-21T18:14:50+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21T20:52:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2026-04-22T18:09:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-23T16:30:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-23T16:31:03+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-23T20:08:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2026-04-23T20:08:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-27T20:30:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27T20:30:01+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-27T20:30:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2026-04-27T21:27:01+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-27T21:27:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2026-04-28T12:47:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2026-04-29T19:46:23+00:00** Notification that HB1041 is now Act 125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3efed0b4-e316-4529-bd93-21fdf998007e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).