---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO BE DESIGNATED AS AGENTS."
description: "TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO BE DESIGNATED AS AGENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1898"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1898 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Painter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T14:55:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:36:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29036de-10d3-40ca-b576-793dd75d4b9b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f47eaae487cf8d14122944661a05384d208403142042227da25131ef683dd377"
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 1898 (2025) — TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO BE DESIGNATED AS AGENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 837** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=837.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1898** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1898.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T14:55:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:07:40+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`
- **2025-04-02T19:58:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T21:29:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T00:19:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-04T00:19:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:51:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T19:04:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T19:04:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:10:42+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:10:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:26:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:36:49+00:00** Notification that HB1898 is now Act 837 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d29036de-10d3-40ca-b576-793dd75d4b9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).