---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PRIVACY ACT; AND TO ADDRESS CERTAIN IMAGES CAPTURED BY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PRIVACY ACT; AND TO ADDRESS CERTAIN IMAGES CAPTURED BY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1148 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-15T21:54:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:10:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc45326-0b2f-42f1-99ad-c462cf3b5608"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5e907f837cfe53d35c142db9954e805f4847264219a0a251747bf4b0b643eda5"
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 1148 (2025) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PRIVACY ACT; AND TO ADDRESS CERTAIN IMAGES CAPTURED BY UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 597** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=597.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1148-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1148-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1148-H3.pdf)
5. **Amendment H4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1148-H4.pdf)
6. **Amendment H5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1148-H5.pdf)
7. **HB 1148** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1148.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15T21:54:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-15T22:58:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T14:23:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-05T14:23:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-05T15:54:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T14:34:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-10T14:34:31+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-10T18:36:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-17T14:35:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-17T14:35:11+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-17T15:27:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T14:35:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:35:13+00:00** Amendment No. 4 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:57:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-11T13:36:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-11T13:36:48+00:00** Amendment No. 5 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-11T15:40:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:24:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:40:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:40:52+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:41:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:49:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T01:30:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T01:30:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:21:11+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:21:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:21:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:10:58+00:00** Notification that HB1148 is now Act 597 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bc45326-0b2f-42f1-99ad-c462cf3b5608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).