Crypto mining regulations, school voucher changes could be debated during fiscal session

By: Ainsley Platt, Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: April 13, 2026

Words: 1,257

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago


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Some lawmakers are hoping their colleagues will consider their non-budgetary bills during the fiscal session that began last week.

While Arkansas has yearly legislative sessions, lawmaking during even-numbered years is typically limited to fiscal bills. Lawmakers can introduce non-fiscal legislation with a two-thirds vote in each chamber.

This year, lawmakers have introduced proposals to raise the homestead tax credit, limit the state’s school voucher program and roll back swaths of the 2023 cryptocurrency mining …

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