---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR; AND TO PLACE THE OFFICE WITHIN THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR; AND TO PLACE THE OFFICE WITHIN THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1842"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1842 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T20:29:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:42:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5873f211-21e8-405b-a5c2-1c1063b4a597"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "889946f4cb02ff66ffff305f97ab739906eb9cc1b4bb99989fa8b36fbfacbcd1"
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 1842 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR; AND TO PLACE THE OFFICE WITHIN THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 953** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=953.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1842** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1842.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T20:29:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:31:44+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`
- **2025-04-01T02:04:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T20:44:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T00:27:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-02T00:27:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:48:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T15:08:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T15:08:08+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T15:42:21+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T15:42:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T15:42:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:42:09+00:00** Notification that HB1842 is now Act 953 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5873f211-21e8-405b-a5c2-1c1063b4a597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).