---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS OF A MODULAR BUILDING FOR CODE COMPLIANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS OF A MODULAR BUILDING FOR CODE COMPLIANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1205 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22T21:51:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-18T19:25:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c61362-d5ba-4a48-8d90-50e8b91fd750"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "feefb79af020fceb39f0e48aa4a6f3351f2c382bfc16e3ca0f8085322ef31c15"
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 1205 (2025) — TO AMEND THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTIONS OF A MODULAR BUILDING FOR CODE COMPLIANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 101** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=101.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1205-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1205-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1205.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-22T21:51:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-22T22:42:31+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`
- **2025-01-27T14:32:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-27T14:32:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-27T15:30:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-29T19:20:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T14:31:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-30T14:31:09+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:05:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-03T20:02:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T20:02:33+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-03T21:42:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-03T21:42:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T19:43:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12T22:13:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-12T22:13:46+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-12T22:13:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:11:01+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-12T23:12:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-13T15:22:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-18T19:25:13+00:00** Notification that HB1205 is now Act 101 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c61362-d5ba-4a48-8d90-50e8b91fd750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).