---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL RIGHTS UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § 5; AND TO CLARIFY THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR OIL AND GAS WELL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT."
description: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL RIGHTS UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § 5; AND TO CLARIFY THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR OIL AND GAS WELL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1937"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1937 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean", "Stone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T21:31:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:28:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2320964-e283-4614-ae41-1bf09740d1d8"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a519dfa5c0073a1bfb0614db525decb2af530d0cf20d87ac5cafcc24f2e4dc40"
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 1937 (2025) — TO AMEND THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR MINERAL RIGHTS UNDER ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 16, § 5; AND TO CLARIFY THE METHOD OF VALUATION FOR OIL AND GAS WELL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 821** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=821.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1937-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1937** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1937.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jean — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T21:31:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:16:19+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T19:20:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T13:34:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:34:50+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:28:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T19:53:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T01:15:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-08T01:16:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:30:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T19:27:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T19:27:49+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:13:53+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:13:55+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:16:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:28:29+00:00** Notification that HB1937 is now Act 821 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2320964-e283-4614-ae41-1bf09740d1d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).