---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF \"DISABILITY CERTIFICATION\" AND \"ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL\" TO CHANGE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY-SIX."
description: "TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF \"DISABILITY CERTIFICATION\" AND \"ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL\" TO CHANGE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY-SIX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1063"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1063 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-12-11T20:20:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:52:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b0fe97-c387-480d-bfdf-1e9a9a62fffd"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "76d1d81cf41b93d7884372a5dc871ff2a213241bb941f97103d9ba1a35c49bf7"
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 1063 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ACT; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "DISABILITY CERTIFICATION" AND "ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL" TO CHANGE DISABILITY ONSET AGE FROM TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY-SIX.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 875** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=875.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1063-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1063** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1063.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-11T20:20:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T21:12:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T13:37:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T13:37:53+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T17:45:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T17:35:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T20:16:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T03:40:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-09T03:40:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:21:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T19:57:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T19:57:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:05:11+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:05:13+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:59:03+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:52:23+00:00** Notification that HB1063 is now Act 875 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b0fe97-c387-480d-bfdf-1e9a9a62fffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).