---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING THE TERM \"WEST BANK\" IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MATERIALS."
description: "TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING THE TERM \"WEST BANK\" IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MATERIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1929"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1929 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T19:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:10:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8131302d-7edc-4aff-a4dc-33d429f9db17"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "240109e0e0018f498c3b960319afd3f9b3820e10887c56552fc56edb1ee2448c"
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 1929 (2025) — TO CREATE THE RECOGNIZING JUDEA AND SAMARIA ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES FROM USING THE TERM "WEST BANK" IN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT MATERIALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 797** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=797.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1929-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1929** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1929.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T19:32:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:14:32+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`
- **2025-04-03T00:55:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T13:39:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:39:50+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:31:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T20:15:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:15:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:15:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:52:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T19:25:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T19:25:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:13:14+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:13:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:17:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:10:49+00:00** Notification that HB1929 is now Act 797 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8131302d-7edc-4aff-a4dc-33d429f9db17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).