---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVITS; AND TO ALLOW A LICENSED ENGINEER, SURVEYOR, OR NOTARY PUBLIC TO EXECUTE AND RECORD A SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVITS; AND TO ALLOW A LICENSED ENGINEER, SURVEYOR, OR NOTARY PUBLIC TO EXECUTE AND RECORD A SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1479"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1479 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Warren"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T19:21:16+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:30:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9088d5a8-6d84-4de2-9201-983fce27d414"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7b055631976172d7a3b49c6154917ee7708c05d2aff11faa3a1fd225b514197b"
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 1479 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVITS; AND TO ALLOW A LICENSED ENGINEER, SURVEYOR, OR NOTARY PUBLIC TO EXECUTE AND RECORD A SCRIVENER'S AFFIDAVIT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=418.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1479-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1479-S2.pdf)
4. **HB 1479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1479.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T19:21:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T23:00:51+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`
- **2025-02-18T18:05:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T19:47:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T22:45:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-19T22:45:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T00:01:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T19:10:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T19:11:10+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T21:29:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T20:28:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T20:28:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 & 2 .
- **2025-03-13T22:05:07+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2025-03-13T22:05:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:59:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T19:15:19+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-19T19:15:32+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-19T19:15:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T19:15:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:30:42+00:00** Notification that HB1479 is now Act 418 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9088d5a8-6d84-4de2-9201-983fce27d414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).