---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN SEARCY COUNTY."
description: "AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN SEARCY COUNTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1137 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Walker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15T18:58:57+00:00"
last_action: "2025-01-30T19:26:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bade857-2b31-439f-9f00-c1841444d9a7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9c65488e7e3980073b44560b6fcfb9bd1e2b2eccc9be3790a35edb2c47d187bf"
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 1137 (2025) — AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN SEARCY COUNTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=11.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1137** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1137.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15T18:58:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-15T22:55:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22T16:46:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T17:12:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T18:39:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-01-23T18:39:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T19:35:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29T21:14:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:16:38+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-01-29T21:55:42+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-01-29T21:55:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-01-30T14:36:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-01-30T19:26:27+00:00** Notification that HB1137 is now Act 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bade857-2b31-439f-9f00-c1841444d9a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).