---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE EMPOWER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACT OF 2019; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE LAW IMPACTING INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS OF \"EMPLOYEE\", \"EMPLOYMENT\", AND \"EMPLOYMENT STATUS\" WITHIN TITLE 11."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE EMPOWER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACT OF 2019; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE LAW IMPACTING INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS OF \"EMPLOYEE\", \"EMPLOYMENT\", AND \"EMPLOYMENT STATUS\" WITHIN TITLE 11."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1850"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1850 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCollum"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e153bf3d-e1bd-4348-b7f0-c4ae32ef970e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c7b3ab15c70715ae8c762405ab05f96d2eebc7e01b3cf4c27d94fd4f0ac60eb6"
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 1850 (2019) — TO ESTABLISH THE EMPOWER INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS ACT OF 2019; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE LAW IMPACTING INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948; AND TO AMEND DEFINITIONS OF "EMPLOYEE", "EMPLOYMENT", AND "EMPLOYMENT STATUS" WITHIN TITLE 11.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1850** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1850.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCollum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-01** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Motion to Expunge the Vote
- **2019-04-09** The vote by which HB1850 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-04-09** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-09** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-17** Notification that HB1850 is now Act 1055 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e153bf3d-e1bd-4348-b7f0-c4ae32ef970e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).