---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF A RETIRED JUDGE APPOINTED AS A SPECIAL JUDGE; TO CLARIFY THAT A RETIRED JUDGE MAY SERVE AS A SPECIAL JUDGE IMMEDIATELY UPON RETIREMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF A RETIRED JUDGE APPOINTED AS A SPECIAL JUDGE; TO CLARIFY THAT A RETIRED JUDGE MAY SERVE AS A SPECIAL JUDGE IMMEDIATELY UPON RETIREMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1644"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1644 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Dalby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T20:02:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:49:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/393560cd-47d7-4842-8537-3ecc56a3f56d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1ee58b81307de6de6efb23f1e1745d6b2548a103299c66c460bbd1d559e2cdcb"
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 1644 (2025) — CONCERNING THE COMPENSATION OF A RETIRED JUDGE APPOINTED AS A SPECIAL JUDGE; TO CLARIFY THAT A RETIRED JUDGE MAY SERVE AS A SPECIAL JUDGE IMMEDIATELY UPON RETIREMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 370** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=370.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1644.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Dalby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T20:02:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:20:01+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T21:43:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:21:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:21:28+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-10T22:50:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:50:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:46:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T20:24:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:24:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-03-18T20:25:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:07:13+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:07:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T13:58:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:49:01+00:00** Notification that HB1644 is now Act 370 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/393560cd-47d7-4842-8537-3ecc56a3f56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).