---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE LICENSEES; AND TO CREATE CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSEES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE LICENSEES; AND TO CREATE CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1794 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Duke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-13T21:03:25+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-14T22:08:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/516908f7-90c5-4515-ac51-11bf8d4b0470"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c743b451ebc11bdc34481f9df33ef551676ca92c1202e568b686d07a99db5c31"
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 1794 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE LICENSEES; AND TO CREATE CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=559.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1794** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1794.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Duke — primary (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13T21:03:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-13T22:24:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T20:08:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T19:59:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T23:30:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T23:30:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:16:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T01:19:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T01:20:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:30:31+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-09T16:30:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-09T16:30:37+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-14T22:08:28+00:00** Notification that HB1794 is now Act 559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/516908f7-90c5-4515-ac51-11bf8d4b0470`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).