---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER TO DISCLOSE SUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR HARASSMENT BY THE CURRENT FOR FORMER EMPLOYEE TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER UPON WRITTEN CONSENT."
description: "TO ALLOW A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER TO DISCLOSE SUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR HARASSMENT BY THE CURRENT FOR FORMER EMPLOYEE TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER UPON WRITTEN CONSENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1643"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1643 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-03T20:01:25+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:48:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cab0b72-2b61-48e4-b529-fa18ccb85cb7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d8561433bb836552df4216548953b60dd5d4ca79cd157bee822559b051370f0b"
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 1643 (2025) — TO ALLOW A CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYER TO DISCLOSE SUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OR HARASSMENT BY THE CURRENT FOR FORMER EMPLOYEE TO A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER UPON WRITTEN CONSENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 369** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=369.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1643** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1643.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T20:01:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T23:19:50+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`
- **2025-03-06T18:08:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:02:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:49:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:49:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:44:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T20:18:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:18:36+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:07:00+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-18T21:07:02+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-19T13:58:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:48:41+00:00** Notification that HB1643 is now Act 369 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cab0b72-2b61-48e4-b529-fa18ccb85cb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).