---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO RECODIFY TITLE 19 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC FINANCE; AND TO AMEND LAWS RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACTS 2000, NO. 1; AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE ARKANSAS CODE."
description: "TO RECODIFY TITLE 19 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC FINANCE; AND TO AMEND LAWS RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACTS 2000, NO. 1; AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE ARKANSAS CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1508"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1508 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T20:38:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:31:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3ccb9f9-c755-4c02-b379-e4a427706caf"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8039c54f2060f0e1efd959a358b93e6637bcc71f90b4ee52112dc088b517488c"
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 1508 (2025) — TO RECODIFY TITLE 19 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC FINANCE; AND TO AMEND LAWS RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACTS 2000, NO. 1; AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE ARKANSAS CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=419.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1508-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1508-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1508.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T20:38:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:22:54+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`
- **2025-02-20T14:32:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-20T14:32:44+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-20T19:07:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-25T19:22:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:24:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T22:24:34+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T22:28:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T13:57:09+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-04T13:57:19+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-04T19:39:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-04T19:39:42+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:57:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:34:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:34:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-03-17T22:35:44+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-17T22:35:50+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T19:01:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T19:16:58+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-03-19T19:17:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T14:08:28+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:31:02+00:00** Notification that HB1508 is now Act 419 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3ccb9f9-c755-4c02-b379-e4a427706caf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).