---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE."
description: "TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1638"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1638 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T18:02:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:26:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc8ec862-0ae1-4c25-9af5-e1d9cea64a5d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9257dee94e29767591a88dcbdde9f73c5e4693974792b9fcd4f3a327b1593074"
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 1638 (2025) — TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=508.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1638-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1638.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T18:02:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:18:46+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`
- **2025-03-18T13:34:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:34:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:28:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T01:31:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T20:15:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:44:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:44:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T22:51:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T22:51:22+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:26:30+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-08T01:26:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T15:28:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-10T21:26:30+00:00** Notification that HB1638 is now Act 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc8ec862-0ae1-4c25-9af5-e1d9cea64a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).