---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ASSIST THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION TO PROMOTE A ROBUST, HEALTHY, AND SAFE COMBATIVE SPORTS INDUSTRY."
description: "TO ASSIST THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION TO PROMOTE A ROBUST, HEALTHY, AND SAFE COMBATIVE SPORTS INDUSTRY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1952"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1952 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T18:29:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:38:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7ea26f7-a7ae-4f9c-8e0c-6cc8c572071c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6157182225f8944559c70224d7be5943a82f27e84fe0706be0a5fe434ecbaac1"
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 1952 (2025) — TO ASSIST THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE STATE ATHLETIC COMMISSION TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION TO PROMOTE A ROBUST, HEALTHY, AND SAFE COMBATIVE SPORTS INDUSTRY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 947** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=947.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1952** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1952.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01T18:29:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T01:37:28+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`
- **2025-04-08T01:19:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T21:06:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T03:49:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-09T03:49:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T16:59:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T21:36:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:36:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:22:00+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T22:22:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:09:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:38:55+00:00** Notification that HB1952 is now Act 947 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7ea26f7-a7ae-4f9c-8e0c-6cc8c572071c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).