---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF A HOSTILE FOREIGN PRINCIPAL; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF A HOSTILE FOREIGN PRINCIPAL; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1800"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1800 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-17T14:23:39+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:04:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24811ede-a641-44e9-a22c-2131b52b0bd9"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3cc5417a1fa7b9b878c8041f7fa5a8889ce98fad865c0611b8571c39bd4c0389"
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 1800 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF A HOSTILE FOREIGN PRINCIPAL; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 998** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=998.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1800-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1800-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1800** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1800.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. McKee — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T14:23:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T23:46:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T21:11:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T20:50:18+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T13:54:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T13:54:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-01T15:36:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T19:57:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T21:28:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T00:13:23+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-04T00:13:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T21:33:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-08T21:33:14+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-08T21:33:22+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T23:43:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T23:43:20+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T19:35:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T20:54:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T20:54:38+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T23:04:52+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T23:04:58+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T21:25:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T20:05:45+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-15T20:05:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T13:29:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:04:33+00:00** Notification that HB1800 is now Act 998 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24811ede-a641-44e9-a22c-2131b52b0bd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).