---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1837"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1837 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T19:35:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:04:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb2eaef4-733a-4d8c-af75-09133e72fb7a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e6d85785ef224af2d20c88a21c414d9ad353c98c1d10f7968c2592e4754e0071"
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 1837 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 999** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=999.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1837-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1837-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1837** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1837.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T19:35:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:30:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T19:58:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T13:37:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:37:15+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:29:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T19:59:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:10:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:10:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:34:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T18:34:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-09T18:34:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T19:34:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T19:34:28+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:30:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T20:15:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:16:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-14T21:59:56+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-15T20:11:12+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T20:11:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:28:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:04:56+00:00** Notification that HB1837 is now Act 999 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb2eaef4-733a-4d8c-af75-09133e72fb7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).