---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"EMPLOYEE\" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018."
description: "TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"EMPLOYEE\" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1291"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1291 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Wing"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T16:39:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:50:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebb6fc27-d719-4c6b-bdaa-714d61e7f0e3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8c95ae73559c6d432d36069e41e1aa82fc946e1dc9fcbb52c9797c46cc594010"
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 1291 (2025) — TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 385** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=385.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1291-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1291** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1291.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T16:39:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:38:45+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T14:36:29+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-24T14:36:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-24T16:51:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T20:23:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:27:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:30:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:30:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:43:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T19:56:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T19:56:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:05:24+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:05:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T13:56:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:50:20+00:00** Notification that HB1291 is now Act 385 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebb6fc27-d719-4c6b-bdaa-714d61e7f0e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).