---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ANNUAL COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ANNUAL COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1589"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1589 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Schulz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T20:48:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:52:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18aec426-41af-414f-a0c5-5e0c43dde505"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f992198175a113d6d27ddee8650ae655e3a513dd25ad67739594461ffaca24ab"
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 1589 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS OF A COUNTY; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ANNUAL COUNTY FINANCIAL REPORT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 676** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=676.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1589** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1589.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Schulz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T20:48:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T23:07:22+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T17:28:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:05:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T23:17:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-06T23:17:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:23:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:16:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:17:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:34:29+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:34:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:10:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:52:39+00:00** Notification that HB1589 is now Act 676 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18aec426-41af-414f-a0c5-5e0c43dde505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).