LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Wednesday, April 16th, 2025, the Governor signed into law:
HCR1008 – To celebrate and commend Northwest Arkansas community college’s nationally leading and industry-transforming bicycle assembly and repair technician and trail technician programs.
HCR1011 – To recognize Bentonville’s investment in cycling and its title as the mountain biking capital of the world.
SB9 – An act to create the make Arkansas healthy again act; to prohibit a person or entity from manufacturing, selling, delivering, distributing, holding, or offering for sale a food product for human consumption that contains certain substances; and for other purposes.
SB576 – An act to amend the coverage of continuous glucose monitors within the Arkansas Medicaid program; and for other purposes.
HB1150 – An act to prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager from obtaining certain pharmacy permits; and for other purposes.
HB1171 – An act to modify the Medicaid provider-led organized care act; to authorize an abbreviated independent assessment for certain beneficiaries enrolled in a risk-based provider organization; and for other purposes.
HB1320 – An act to amend the behavioral health and crisis intervention protocol act of 2017; to prohibit limits on utilization criteria under the behavioral health crisis intervention protocol act of 2017; to amend the definition of “healthcare provider” under the patient protection act of 1995; to modify the definition of “healthcare provider” as used under the any willing provider laws; to regulate crisis stabilization units and healthcare insurer; to prohibit certain prior authorizations for crisis stabilization units unless authorized by the insurance commissioner; and for other purposes.
HB1333 – An act to mandate coverage for breastfeeding and lactation consultant services; and for other purposes.
HB1424 – An act to mandate coverage for severe obesity treatments; and for other purposes.
HB1440 – An act to amend the massage therapy act; to establish registration for massage therapy establishments; and for other purposes.
HB1531 – An act to prohibit pharmaceutical manufacturers from restricting or limiting prescription medications to a limited distribution network of out-of-state pharmacies; and for other purposes.
HB1543 – An act to amend the law concerning public assistance; to establish the workforce experience opportunities act of 2025; and for other purposes.
HB1559 – An act to require the Department of Human Services to seek a waiver to the Arkansas Medicaid program for coverage for inpatient treatment services for substance use disorders; and for other purposes.
HB1602 – An act to amend the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; to establish the fees under the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; to require reporting of certain information by a pharmacy benefits manager under the Arkansas pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; and for other purposes.
HB1619 – An act to set administration fees under the Arkansas Medicaid program for immunizations and monoclonal antibodies for respiratory syncytial virus disease; to provide civil immunity for administration of immunizations and monoclonal antibodies for respiratory syncytial virus disease; and for other purposes.
HB1622 – An act to amend the Medicaid fairness act; to modify the definition of “adverse decision” under the Medicaid fairness act; to provide for administrative reconsideration under the Medicaid fairness act; and for other purposes.
HB1653 – An act to move licensing and regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities from the child welfare agency review board to the Department of Human Services; to set standards for the licensing and regulation of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
HB1677 – An act to authorize alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs to maintain emergency medication kits; and for other purposes.
HB1700 – An act to amend the prior authorization transparency act; to clarify the process of an adverse determination notice under the prior authorization transparency act; and for other purposes.
HB1712 – An act to establish the social work licensure compact in this state; and for other purposes.
HB1751 – An act to amend the law concerning public assistance; to require an applicant for temporary assistance for needy families program benefits to engage in job search activities whole the application is still being processed; and for other purposes.
HB1758 – An act to amend the law concerning hearing instrument dispensers; to amend the definition of “practice of dispensing hearing instruments”; and for other purposes.
HB1782 – An act to prohibit over-the-counter diet pills from being sold, transferred, or otherwise furnished to a person who is under eighteen years of age; and for other purposes.
HB1854 – An act to exempt a home caregiver from home caregiver training if he or she previously completed training; and for other purposes.
SB303 – An act to allow a resident school district to permit a private school student to participate in an interscholastic activity at the resident school district under certain conditions; and for other purposes.
SB467 – An act to modify the definition of “healthcare provider” regarding student athlete concussion education to include chiropractors or chiropractic physicians; and for other purposes.
SB470 – An act concerning the administration of a statewide student assessment to a student in a virtual setting; to require an adult approved to oversee the administration of a statewide student assessment to certain students in a virtual setting to meet certain requirements; and for other purposes.
SB515 – An act to amend the Arkansas history unit requirement in public elementary and secondary schools; to require that a unit dedicated to Arkansas veterans and their families by included within existing Arkansas history course content guidelines; and for other purposes.
SB522 – An act to amend the law regarding the Arkansas school for mathematics, sciences, and the arts; to amend the law related to the tuition and fee paid by students enrolled in the online programs; and for other purposes.
SB572 – An act to create the public school access and transparency act; to require public access to learning materials; and for other purposes.
SB552 – An act to amend the Arkansas business corporation act of 1987; to amend the uniform limited liability company act; to clarify the definition of “principal office” used under the Arkansas business corporation act of 1987 and the uniform limited liability company act; and for other purposes.
HB1771 – An act to amend the law concerning disclosures to policyholders; to require monthly reporting by insurers; and for other purposes.
HB1820 – An act to regulate automatic renewal and continuous service offers; and for other purposes.
SB371 – An act concerning missing children; to establish a standardized system to aid in the search of missing children who do not meet the criteria for activation of the Arkansas amber alert system; and for other purposes.
SB426 – An act to create the defense against criminal illegals act; to establish enhanced penalties for illegal aliens who commit serious felonies involving violence; to ensure that sheriff’s offices and the division of correction can participate in the warrant service officer program; to expand the state’s current ban on sanctuary cities to include counties and unincorporated areas; and for other purposes.
SB497 – An act to amend the law regarding labor; to require the creation of a poster regarding veterans’ benefits and services; to require certain employers to display the poster; and for other purposes.
HB1666 – An act to amend the law concerning the Arkansas self-funded cyber response program; and for other purposes.
HB1803 – An act to amend the law concerning the placement of a monument on the state capitol grounds in recognition and honor of Maurice Lee “Footsie” Britt; and for other purposes.
HB1887 – An act to amend the law concerning statewide child abduction response teams; and for other purposes.
SB302 – An act to create the criminal offense of gift card fraud; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
SB314 – An act to amend the law concerning sexual solicitation; to amend the penalties for the offense of sexual solicitation; and for other purposes.
SB375 – An act to create the offense of capital rape; to amend a portion of Arkansas code which resulted from initiated act 3 of 1936; and for other purposes.
SB427 – An act to amend promoting prostitution offenses; to enhance the penalties for promoting prostitution in the first, second, and third degree; to create the offense of promoting prostitution at a business; and for other purposes.
SB428 – An act concerning a civil cause of action for victims of human trafficking; to provide a statute of limitation period of ten years for a victim of human trafficking; and for other purposes.
SB429 – An act amending certain laws for the protecting of human trafficking victims; to provide that human trafficking victims have certain rights; to amend the comprehensive criminal record sealing act of 2013 to expand the sealing of criminal records of victims of human trafficking; to provide that a no-contact order is mandatory for human trafficking offense; and for other purposes.
SB430 – An act to require mandatory restitution to be awarded to a victim of human trafficking; to amend the Arkansas crime victims reparations act; and for other purposes.
SB442 – An act to amend the law concerning human trafficking; to provide for forfeiture of assets used to conduct human trafficking; to create the offense of harboring an endangered runaway child; to create the Arkansas human trafficking council support fund; to amend the fine payments for human trafficking offenses and prostitution offenses; and for other purposes.
SB446 – An act to amend the automatic license plate reader system act; to provide for the use of automatic license plate readers by private landowners, private leaseholder, and commercial businesses; and for other purposes.
SB449 – An act to provide civil immunity for confiscation of alternative nicotine products, vapor products, e-liquid products, tobacco products, and cigarette papers from a minor at a school; and for other purposes.
SB485 – An act to reduce recidivism; to amend the law concerning the suspended imposition of a sentence, probation, parole, and post-release supervision; and for other purposes.
SB553 – An act to amend the Arkansas municipal accounting law; to amend the duties of a municipal treasurer; to require training for an individual charged with duties under the Arkansas municipal accounting law; and for other purposes.
HB1336 – An act to amend the law concerning the administration and benefit plans of the state police retirement system; to amend the survivors’ benefit options under the state police retirement system; to amend the provisions concerning the tier two deferred retirement option plan under the state police retirement system; and for other purposes.
HB1416 – An act to amend the law concerning fire departments; to allow a volunteer fire department servicing unincorporated areas of the county to levy dues; and for other purposes.
HB1454 – An act to amend the laws concerning criminal history records checks for employees of service providers; to allow third-party employee evaluation services to perform criminal history records checks; to include independent contractors; and for other purposes.
HB1476 – An act to amend the direct shipment of vinous liquor act; to establish a wine direct shipper license; and for other purposes.
HB1589 – An act to amend the law concerning the financial operations of a county; to amend the law concerning the annual county financial report; and for other purposes.
HB1615 – An act to amend the law concerning religious nondiscrimination; and for other purposes.
HB1692 – An act to amend the law concerning polygraph examiners and voice stress analysis examiners; to amend the law concerning private investigators and private security agencies; and for other purposes.
HB1729 – An act to amend the homestead exemption act; to provide that a homestead owned by a limited liability company is eligible for the homestead exemption in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
HB1749 – An act to adopt the uniform trust decanting act; and for other purposes.
HB1752 – An act to exempt certain savings plans from the execution of a judgement; and for other purposes.
HB1763 – An act to amend the human trafficking act of 2013; to create the offense of unlawful use of a communication device during the commission of a human trafficking offense; and for other purposes.
HB1777 – An act to amend the law concerning the offense of sexually grooming a child; to include bribing or attempting to bribe a child in the offense of sexually grooming a child; and for other purposes.
HB1780 – An act to amend the law concerning the retention of property related to a felony investigation; and for other purposes.
HB1799 – An act to amend the permissible methods of reporting under the child maltreatment act; and for other purposes.
HB1808 – An act to amend the law concerning municipal fire departments; to create the bill of rights for firefighters; and for other purposes.
HB1815 – An act to amend the state’s jurisdiction over federal lands; to retain juvenile justice jurisdiction by the state; and for other purposes.
HB1824 – An act to amend the law concerning cruelty to animals; to create the dog and cat rescue act; Daisy’s law; to authorize law enforcement officers to secure a dog or cat in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
HB1830 – An act to amend the law concerning the attorney general; to amend the law concerning the procurement of contingency fee contracts by the attorney general; and for other purposes.
HB1831 – An act to amend the law concerning the use of settlement funds by the attorney general; and for other purposes.
HB1835 – An act concerning specialty court programs; to amend the law concerning record sealing upon completion of a specialty court program; to update and clarify the law concerning drug court, mental health court, veterans court and DWI/BWI specialty court programs; and for other purposes.
HB1839 – An act to amend the procedures for the declaration of legal death of a missing person; and for other purposes.
HB1872 – An act to amend the law concerning the fees that may be collected by a county sheriff; to allow a county sheriff to collect fees for attempted service in certain circumstances; and for other purposes.
HB1931 – An act to create the recidivism reduction system within the Department of Corrections; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
SB390 – An act to establish the state apprenticeship agency act; and for other purposes.
SB408 – An act to provide an income tax exemption for certain payments by the United States department of agriculture; and for other purposes.
SB460 – An act to modify the compliance advisory panel; to repeal the marketing recyclables program of the compliance advisory panel; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
SB464 – An act to amend the laws concerning sales of raw milk; to allow sales of raw milk and raw milk products at locations other than the farm where raw milk or raw milk product is produced; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
SB492 – An act to amend the law concerning the relocation of utility facilities; to amend the law concerning the acquisition, condemnation, and disposition of real property by the state highway commission; to establish a process for the relocation of a utility facility located on a public right of way; and for other purposes.
SB496 – An act to amend the law concerning permits for special cargoes; to amend the law concerning the issuance of a permit for special cargo transported by a farm machinery equipment hauler; and for other purposes.
SB530 – An act to amend the Arkansas wood energy products and forest maintenance income tax credit; and for other purposes.
SB540 – An act to amend the law concerning the suspension or revocation of a driver’s license for the inability to drive; to limit the suspension or revocation of a driver’s license or imposition or restrictions on a driver’s license of a person who has suffered a seizure; and for other purposes.
SB550 – An act to amend the law concerning certain duties of the Arkansas livestock and poultry commission; to change the name of the Arkansas livestock and poultry commission to the Arkansas board of animal health; and for other purposes.
SB562 – An act to amend the law concerning the office of internal audit; to repeal the requirement for an annual project review and efficiency study of the Arkansas department of transportation; and for other purposes.
SB594 – An act to amend the law concerning exemptions for certificates of public convenience and necessity for new construction to supply a public service or to extend a public service; and for other purposes.
HB1277 – An act to amend payments for corrective action regarding petroleum storage tanks; and for other purposes.
HB1572 – An act to create a technical feasibility study on new nuclear energy generation; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.
HB1582 – An act to amend the division of workforce services law; to require the state-maintained job board to match an individual with a job; to encourage an individual to apply for a job as part of his or her work search contracts; and for other purposes.
HB1657 – An act to amend the Arkansas wood energy products and forest maintenance income tax credit; and for other purposes.
HB1688 – An act to amend Arkansas law concerning the use of a dealer’s extra license plate; and for other purposes.
HB1796 – An act to require the display of gender information on an Arkansas driver’s license or identification card; and for other purposes.
HB1814 – An act to amend the law concerning municipal authority over utilities; to revise the definition of “public utility” under title 14, chapter 200; and for other purposes.
HB1838 – An act to amend the law concerning probate actions; to amend the law concerning adoption and guardianship; and for other purposes.
HB1851 – An act to amend the sales tax exemption for food, food ingredients, and prepared food sold in a public, common, high school, or college cafeteria or dining facility; and for other purposes.
HB1891 – An act to amend the law concerning the requirements for filing as a candidate; to amend the la concerning the use of a prefix in filing as a candidate for a nonpartisan judicial office by an appointee to a nonpartisan judicial office; to allow a person filing as a candidate for the office of justice of the supreme court or judge of the court of appeals who is serving in that position as an appointee to use the title of that position as a prefix when filing as a candidate; and for other purposes.
HB1896 – An act to create the junk fee eliminating act of 2025; abolish the information network of Arkansas; to transfer any remaining duties of the information network of Arkansas to the division of information systems; and for other purposes.
SB494 – An act to amend the permits and annual privilege fees under the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of 1977; to reduce the number and types of permits issued by Arkansas tobacco control; to consolidate several permits into a single permit under the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of 1977; and for other purposes.
SB495 – An act to amend definitions used under the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of 1977; to amend the definition of “invoice” and the definition of “invoice price” used under the Arkansas tobacco products tax act of 1977; and for other purposes.
SB567 – An act to amend the multistate tax compact and the uniform division of income for tax purposes act; to amend and modernize the law concerning the apportionment of income derived from multistate operations; to change the method for sourcing of receipts for services and intangibles from cost of performance to market-based sourcing; and for other purposes.
SB577– An act to amend the law concerning local sales and use taxes; to require the Department of Finance and Administration to notify local governments concerning sales and use taxes that are set to expire; and for other purposes.
HB1265- An act to make an appropriation for personal services and operating expenses for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for the fiscal year ending in June 30, 2026; and for other purposes.