---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1863"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1863 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-19T21:57:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:36:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3db4779-24b7-4729-8a77-48193c47619b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6116386a56a0771616595859f2264895c98474ba5abd98813812b555a0253ba2"
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 1863 (2025) — TO AMEND THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT MANAGER ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 836** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=836.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1863** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1863.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-19T21:57:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T22:40:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T23:40:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T21:54:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T21:54:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-04T00:16:41+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-04T00:16:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:42:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:51:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:51:27+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-14T18:51:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:09:00+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:09:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:41:05+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:36:32+00:00** Notification that HB1863 is now Act 836 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3db4779-24b7-4729-8a77-48193c47619b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).