---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO ENTER INTO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GIFTS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO ENTER INTO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GIFTS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1526 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-19T15:21:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:09:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888283a3-4392-4778-8a74-dc2d839cf1f3"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e300b06146b31dd84a09fa44ca7346be6e9b9ebc7199b7055f980ed8d1048e0c"
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 1526 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY TO ENTER INTO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING GIFTS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MILITARY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=575.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1526-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1526-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1526.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19T15:21:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-19T22:35:09+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`
- **2025-03-06T14:32:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T14:32:17+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:57:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T13:34:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:34:59+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:28:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T01:30:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T20:13:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:43:54+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:43:59+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T00:42:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T00:42:20+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:24:43+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:24:46+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:24:51+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:09:58+00:00** Notification that HB1526 is now Act 575 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888283a3-4392-4778-8a74-dc2d839cf1f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).