---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO PROVIDE FOR NOTIFICATION TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN."
description: "CONCERNING THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO PROVIDE FOR NOTIFICATION TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1077"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1077 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Hudson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-07T20:25:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:26:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b225bd6-415c-4138-a4e6-bd4d80d58c72"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "09cb146ca540e638a14ae1f12ff720b4ae7ced71815560b90a0a34a6606ba8be"
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 1077 (2025) — CONCERNING THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO PROVIDE FOR NOTIFICATION TO THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF THE INCARCERATION OF A VETERAN.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=506.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1077-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1077** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1077.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Hudson — primary (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Nazarenko — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07T20:25:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:17:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on Joint Committee on Military And Veterans Affairs `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T01:34:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T18:47:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T18:47:07+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:39:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T19:26:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T23:31:46+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T23:31:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T22:42:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T22:42:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:11:43+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:12:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T14:50:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-10T21:26:12+00:00** Notification that HB1077 is now Act 506 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b225bd6-415c-4138-a4e6-bd4d80d58c72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).