---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE PROVIDERS; TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY EMPLOYEE EVALUATION SERVICES TO PERFORM CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS; AND TO INCLUDE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE PROVIDERS; TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY EMPLOYEE EVALUATION SERVICES TO PERFORM CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS; AND TO INCLUDE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1454"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1454 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11T20:18:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:48:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80af2ad1-60d6-4456-8e20-c396d21cfdb1"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a5e7deb5241d37487d64d05233f22ca8bb178ee300214ff4d24cb5257cb100bd"
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 1454 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE PROVIDERS; TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY EMPLOYEE EVALUATION SERVICES TO PERFORM CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS; AND TO INCLUDE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 674** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=674.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1454-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1454** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1454.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11T20:18:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-11T22:47:54+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`
- **2025-02-25T20:25:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:51:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:33:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-02-26T23:33:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T21:12:15+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-03T21:12:21+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-03T21:12:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-03T22:10:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-03T22:10:15+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:39:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T22:56:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T22:57:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T01:29:42+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T19:46:20+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:46:24+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T19:46:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:48:02+00:00** Notification that HB1454 is now Act 674 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80af2ad1-60d6-4456-8e20-c396d21cfdb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).