---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1827"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1827 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T18:26:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:27:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570c2669-b09c-4d7c-ae1c-9e1525f7c51d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7f3e17d8bb9f3a651ecea1d1ca353ea64092c6d089cb8a70f9ed3f5dfe185e07"
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 1827 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUNTING HERITAGE PROTECTION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 817** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=817.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1827-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1827** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1827.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T18:26:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:28:26+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T19:18:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T20:08:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T00:13:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-04T00:13:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T13:04:33+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-07T13:04:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T18:20:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T18:20:59+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:31:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T20:55:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T20:56:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T23:21:09+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-14T19:58:09+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:58:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T15:06:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:27:12+00:00** Notification that HB1827 is now Act 817 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/570c2669-b09c-4d7c-ae1c-9e1525f7c51d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).