---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ABOLISH THE USE OF A WRIT OF SCIRE FACIAS AS THE MEANS OF REVIVING AN OUTSTANDING JUDGMENT; TO ALLOW A JUDGMENT TO BE REVIVED BY NOTICE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS."
description: "TO ABOLISH THE USE OF A WRIT OF SCIRE FACIAS AS THE MEANS OF REVIVING AN OUTSTANDING JUDGMENT; TO ALLOW A JUDGMENT TO BE REVIVED BY NOTICE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1959"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1959 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Brown", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-01T19:50:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:02:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/315623a2-6473-4473-a1d1-ebfdb2766750"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "76c25aaea8ccc4565cbe5b6ef839c5792cd82b09cbe504797a4c24e66fcc6a71"
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 1959 (2025) — TO ABOLISH THE USE OF A WRIT OF SCIRE FACIAS AS THE MEANS OF REVIVING AN OUTSTANDING JUDGMENT; TO ALLOW A JUDGMENT TO BE REVIVED BY NOTICE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY CLERKS OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 986** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=986.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1959-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1959** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1959.pdf)

## Sponsors

- M. Brown — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01T19:50:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T01:39:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T19:10:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T13:34:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:34:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:02:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T21:10:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T23:20:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T23:20:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T22:25:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T15:43:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T15:43:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T16:31:41+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T16:31:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T16:31:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:02:32+00:00** Notification that HB1959 is now Act 986 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/315623a2-6473-4473-a1d1-ebfdb2766750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).