Bill
HB 1649
HB 1649 concerns appropriating $50,000,000 for Arkansas water and sewer treatment facility grants for FY2026.
Summary note — multiple distinct bills labeled “HB 1649”
The materials you provided combine several different bills from different states/sessions that all use the number “HB 1649.” Because legislative text, sponsors, subjects, and actions differ by jurisdiction, the summaries below treat each distinct HB 1649 separately. If you want a focused summary for a single jurisdiction (e.g., Mississippi, Arkansas, Illinois, or Indiana), tell me which one and I will expand that entry.
1) Arkansas — Appropriation for Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grants (95th GA, 2025)
- Purpose: Appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture — Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC) for water and sewer treatment facilities grants.
- Key provisions:
- Appropriates $50,000,000 payable from the Water and Sewer Treatment Facilities Grant Program Fund for FY ending June 30, 2026.
- Requires compliance with state procurement, budgetary, revenue stabilization, salary, and other fiscal control laws and DFA regulations.
- Legislative intent language tying disbursement to agency requests and budget materials.
- Emergency clause declaring the act effective July 1, 2025.
- Who is affected: ANRC/Department of Agriculture, municipalities and utilities applying for water/sewer grants in Arkansas, and state fiscal administrators.
- Status (per provided actions): Passed both chambers, enrolled, transmitted to Governor, listed as Act 793 (notification 2025-04-17). (Note: your initial metadata said “Died In Committee” — the action log shows enactment; please confirm which status you wish to rely on.)
2) Illinois — Election Code amendment (10 ILCS 5/10‑9) (Introduced 1/28/2025)
- Purpose: Alters which electoral boards hear objections to nomination petitions in certain high‑population counties.
- Key provisions:
- Designates township officers electoral boards in counties with population of 3,000,000 or more to hear objections to township officer nominations (text reorders and clarifies composition of various electoral boards).
- Makes conforming organizational/jurisdictional edits specifying which boards have jurisdiction when districts are wholly/partially within a county or municipal board of election commissioners.
- Who is affected: County and township electoral boards (notably in very large counties such as Cook County), candidates whose nominations may be objected to, and local election administrators.
- Status: Introduced by Rep. Jed Davis on 1/28/2025; further legislative action not shown in the provided log.
3) Indiana — State police and conservation officer salaries (First Regular Session, 124th GA, 2025)
- Purpose: Mandates periodic base salary increases for state police employees.
- Key provisions:
- Amends IC 10-11-2-13 to require, beginning July 1, 2025 and on each July 1 of odd-numbered years thereafter, at least a 2% salary increase for state police employees.
- Retains salary matrix review/approval by the budget agency biennially in even-numbered years.
- Effective date: July 1, 2025.
- Who is affected: State police and potentially conservation officers if included under the statute; state budget and payroll administrators.
- Status: Introduced January 21, 2025 (authored by Rep. Chris Judy). The action log shows committee referrals; one entry lists “Died In Committee” (2025-02-26).
Other reference in your materials
- Title shown in your header: “Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Port Gibson with construction of police station and purchasing motor vehicles.” No substantive text for that bill was provided in the document content you gave. If you want a summary for that Port Gibson bonds bill, please provide the bill text or indicate the state and session so I can locate the correct version.
Recommendation
Please confirm which jurisdiction/version of HB 1649 you want a single, detailed summary for (e.g., Arkansas appropriation, Illinois Election Code amendment, Indiana salary bill, or the Port Gibson bonds bill). I can then produce a focused, expanded summary including status, fiscal impacts, and likely stakeholders.
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