---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE."
description: "TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1815"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1815 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Perry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-17T19:55:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T21:00:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/987f030e-32d9-446a-bbe1-a4cfd2b88c2e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6fed2d4ccb42df5e362f21e8202cf0dd192a7ab5fa4887e1ef682ad846efb359"
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 1815 (2025) — TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 687** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=687.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1815-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1815** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1815.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T19:55:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T23:50:02+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`
- **2025-03-31T13:33:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:33:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:24:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:46:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T00:47:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-03T00:47:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:54:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T01:26:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:26:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:45:45+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:45:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:45:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T21:00:40+00:00** Notification that HB1815 is now Act 687 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/987f030e-32d9-446a-bbe1-a4cfd2b88c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).