In 2019 the regular session lawmakers balanced the budget of state government while cutting taxes and reducing the number of state agencies.
Senate News
Legislature Had Productive Year in 2019
The new year is an election year, and thanks to legislation approved during the regular session earlier this year, the primaries in Arkansas will take place on Tuesday, March 3.
Joint Public Retirement update
More than 2,000 people attended a series of meetings that the legislature’s Joint Committee on Public Retirement held in 11 cities across Arkansas earlier this fall.
Estimates are that about half of those in attendance were members of the state Teacher Retirement System.
Legislature Created State Trauma System Ten Years Ago
The legislature created the Arkansas Trauma System 10 years ago, with passage of Act 393 of 2009.