---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; AND TO REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RELATED TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; AND TO REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RELATED TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1893"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1893 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-28T17:17:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:27:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b554897e-e853-4748-a4ae-518ffbb945a0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ea45b78091cf338583763d7f0042f404234bc4236c14d72ec76a516708b78a2d"
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 1893 (2025) — TO AUTHORIZE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER TO BAN AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE BUSINESS PREMISES; AND TO REGULATE LIABILITY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RELATED TO EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 819** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=819.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1893** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1893.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-28T17:17:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:05:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:30:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:01:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:12:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:12:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:50:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T19:01:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T19:01:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:10:12+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:10:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:28:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:27:52+00:00** Notification that HB1893 is now Act 819 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b554897e-e853-4748-a4ae-518ffbb945a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).