---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES."
description: "TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1537"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1537 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dees", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-20T15:41:38+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:42:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41fe1552-e071-41ca-ad65-b00adea3bfb5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5ab1e095d5c243100cb3fe9c408af3b678a40ca6bb069400e10197a883f02b70"
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 1537 (2025) — TO REPEAL THE LOCATION ACT FOR COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 850** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=850.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1537** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1537.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dees — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20T15:41:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-20T22:27:52+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`
- **2025-02-25T20:25:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:48:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:36:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:36:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T22:43:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T17:19:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:19:42+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:14:25+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T19:14:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T16:10:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:42:52+00:00** Notification that HB1537 is now Act 850 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41fe1552-e071-41ca-ad65-b00adea3bfb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).