---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW WARRANTLESS SEARCHES BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A PERSON PLACED ON SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW WARRANTLESS SEARCHES BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A PERSON PLACED ON SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1979"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1979 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-02T22:56:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-22T21:01:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2dee250-b108-4801-b4d0-f602f0196de5"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "243a871e6ea60a99051103b16dad94e956679306ee8d2de54d0cab5a14e0e898"
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 1979 (2025) — AN ACT TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW WARRANTLESS SEARCHES BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF A PERSON PLACED ON SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 983** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=983.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1979** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1979.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02T22:56:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-03T00:40:44+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`
- **2025-04-08T19:10:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T21:06:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:35:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:35:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T19:47:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T16:35:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T16:35:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:22:08+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T17:22:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T17:22:12+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-22T21:01:41+00:00** Notification that HB1979 is now Act 983 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2dee250-b108-4801-b4d0-f602f0196de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).