---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "HB 1079"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1079 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-08T20:39:30+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-22T14:07:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4656da02-000b-46a5-a518-2719f35c25c9"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4a9d848152f37cb6c2100f429346462429d1056c633d88f8cd3c3cadfa532817"
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 1079 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - DIVISION OF CORRECTION 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 64** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=64.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **HB 1079** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/HB1079.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-08T20:39:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T21:57:28+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`
- **2026-04-14T20:29:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-15T18:41:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15T18:41:14+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-15T20:52:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2026-04-15T20:52:47+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-16T16:33:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-16T16:33:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-16T16:33:15+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2026-04-16T18:21:41+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-16T18:21:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2026-04-16T18:21:48+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2026-04-22T14:07:15+00:00** Notification that HB1079 is now Act 64 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4656da02-000b-46a5-a518-2719f35c25c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).