---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1618"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1618 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Hawk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:47:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T22:33:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55a5fa6c-f6f6-46d4-aa99-46852d868f4f"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1a968f4918836f727e382b6f4aeb6bb63502135c686bb0d6f77edbbaf00ab16d"
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 1618 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 523** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=523.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1618.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:47:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-27T23:17:52+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`
- **2025-03-12T16:36:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T18:47:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T23:15:10+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-17T23:15:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T22:40:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T22:35:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T22:35:52+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:25:39+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:25:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T15:24:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-10T22:33:08+00:00** Notification that HB1618 is now Act 523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55a5fa6c-f6f6-46d4-aa99-46852d868f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).