---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND A RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION."
description: "TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND A RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1832"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1832 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "M. Shepherd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T18:57:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T20:59:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580dd89c-c6a0-4c59-9a31-50359b3602d8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e6f6ab03cbe4a52a798f1dc5865211c2cb318bb54fb3da42609c21e3fdcb1c87"
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 1832 (2025) — TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AND TO AMEND A RULE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 975** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=975.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1832-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1832** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1832.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- M. Shepherd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T18:57:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:29:35+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`
- **2025-04-03T19:04:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T13:39:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:39:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-07T16:23:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T19:33:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:30:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:31:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T15:42:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T21:01:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:01:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:19:43+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:19:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:24:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T20:59:17+00:00** Notification that HB1832 is now Act 975 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/580dd89c-c6a0-4c59-9a31-50359b3602d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).