---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1917"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1917 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T18:18:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:37:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cde3b1d-3782-415a-9438-451735047c37"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fae43301cb2856df28b1abbdd4be4f69c28cb872316c01963889a7de0f3a8f5b"
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 1917 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 839** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=839.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1917** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1917.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T18:18:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:11:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:20:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:42:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:33:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:33:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:18:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T20:28:10+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:28:46+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1917 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
- **2025-04-14T21:01:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T21:02:00+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:57:58+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:58:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:21:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:37:26+00:00** Notification that HB1917 is now Act 839 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cde3b1d-3782-415a-9438-451735047c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).