---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD FOR MATTERS RELATED TO MILITARY JUSTICE AND TO ADDRESS STAFFING SHORTAGES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD FOR MATTERS RELATED TO MILITARY JUSTICE AND TO ADDRESS STAFFING SHORTAGES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1515"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1515 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-18T16:35:10+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:09:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2165ede-8701-4156-9f53-e657a2c82344"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d635f001046d76390f2b36f2d7c9b6a65ebf59178fd07556742e04c6de08002d"
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 1515 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD INTO SERVICE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS NATIONAL GUARD FOR MATTERS RELATED TO MILITARY JUSTICE AND TO ADDRESS STAFFING SHORTAGES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=574.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1515-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1515** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1515.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T16:35:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-18T22:51:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T13:35:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-10T13:35:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10T17:44:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T01:30:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T20:11:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:43:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:43:39+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T00:36:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:37:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:23:58+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:24:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:24:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:09:51+00:00** Notification that HB1515 is now Act 574 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2165ede-8701-4156-9f53-e657a2c82344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).