---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT STATE ENTITIES FROM EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO ESTABLISH THE E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT ACT; AND TO REQUIRE STATE ENTITIES TO USE E-VERIFY TO CONFIRM EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY."
description: "TO PROHIBIT STATE ENTITIES FROM EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO ESTABLISH THE E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT ACT; AND TO REQUIRE STATE ENTITIES TO USE E-VERIFY TO CONFIRM EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1974"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1974 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Long", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-02T19:34:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:41:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5af4e5bf-da6b-4080-a88d-0a2e5d4537d0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "34f9b705d5ad30c42d823deb212c7c3ea071ff1880804343664c92d51d5e14a2"
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 1974 (2025) — TO PROHIBIT STATE ENTITIES FROM EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO ESTABLISH THE E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT ACT; AND TO REQUIRE STATE ENTITIES TO USE E-VERIFY TO CONFIRM EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 948** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=948.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1974-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1974** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1974.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Long — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Burkes — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02T19:34:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T00:39:27+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`
- **2025-04-08T04:05:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T13:33:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:33:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:00:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T20:51:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T23:21:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T23:21:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T18:41:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T16:33:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T16:33:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:21:34+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:21:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T17:21:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:41:06+00:00** Notification that HB1974 is now Act 948 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5af4e5bf-da6b-4080-a88d-0a2e5d4537d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).