---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS; AND TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING DRUG COURT, MENTAL HEALTH COURT, VETERANS COURT, AND DWI/BWI SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS."
description: "CONCERNING SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS; AND TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING DRUG COURT, MENTAL HEALTH COURT, VETERANS COURT, AND DWI/BWI SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1835"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1835 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Dees"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T19:08:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T21:02:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f3079f-4a29-4e34-8355-9d08acdb7fdd"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "25bfba4b4b455e14b687e97695cec44421265967fd7889decc864aa6d0a7cee4"
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 1835 (2025) — CONCERNING SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS; AND TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING DRUG COURT, MENTAL HEALTH COURT, VETERANS COURT, AND DWI/BWI SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=691.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1835** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1835.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Dees — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T19:08:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:30:10+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`
- **2025-03-20T19:56:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:30:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:30:30+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:30:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:55:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T01:38:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:38:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:46:59+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T13:47:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:47:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T21:02:52+00:00** Notification that HB1835 is now Act 691 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f3079f-4a29-4e34-8355-9d08acdb7fdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).