---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ASSIST THE DIVISION OF LABOR WITH ENFORCING THE FAIR AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF WAGES TO ARKANSAS CITIZENS; AND TO CLARIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH WAGE AND HOUR COMPLAINTS ARE INVESTIGATED."
description: "TO ASSIST THE DIVISION OF LABOR WITH ENFORCING THE FAIR AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF WAGES TO ARKANSAS CITIZENS; AND TO CLARIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH WAGE AND HOUR COMPLAINTS ARE INVESTIGATED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Arkansas SB 279 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Wooldridge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T19:54:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T18:36:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e93e554f-ef50-47fc-8cc1-ddfeb1ed219a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a063f5f833b986da3ea6001cbfe559cabf32e82a88bb131899021904b490298b"
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 SB 279 (2025) — TO ASSIST THE DIVISION OF LABOR WITH ENFORCING THE FAIR AND PROMPT PAYMENT OF WAGES TO ARKANSAS CITIZENS; AND TO CLARIFY THE MANNER IN WHICH WAGE AND HOUR COMPLAINTS ARE INVESTIGATED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=397.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB279.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Wooldridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T19:54:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T20:50:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:50:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T19:35:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T19:35:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:02:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:27:19+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T19:44:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T20:18:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:18:58+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T00:39:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T00:39:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-20T13:48:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-20T13:48:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-31T18:36:10+00:00** Notification that SB279 is now Act 397 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e93e554f-ef50-47fc-8cc1-ddfeb1ed219a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).