---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEASE OF FARMLANDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NOTICE OF TERMINATION."
description: "CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEASE OF FARMLANDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NOTICE OF TERMINATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1562"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1562 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T20:18:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:34:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa52ef25-2f65-439a-ba0d-d04a97b6f4be"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4309cd88209c8918a087787ef70a6d7f36cb477685c972f0d88404b3e4a85158"
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 1562 (2025) — CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF AN ORAL LEASE OF FARMLANDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING NOTICE OF TERMINATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 941** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=941.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1562** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1562.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T20:18:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T22:52:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:39:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T19:43:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:20:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:20:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T21:29:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T19:51:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T19:51:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T21:28:40+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T21:28:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:37:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:34:42+00:00** Notification that HB1562 is now Act 941 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa52ef25-2f65-439a-ba0d-d04a97b6f4be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).