republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/hb-1291.md

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Bill	TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.	TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2025	HB 1291	Arkansas HB 1291 (2025)	bill		enacted	C. Penzo Wing	3	16	0	2025-01-29T16:39:49+00:00	2025-03-20T15:50:20+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ebb6fc27-d719-4c6b-bdaa-714d61e7f0e3	https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt	8c95ae73559c6d432d36069e41e1aa82fc946e1dc9fcbb52c9797c46cc594010	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1291 (2025) — TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.

Version chain

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

1. Act 385 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 1291 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• C. Penzo — primary (person)
• Wing — primary (person)
• J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-29T16:39:49+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2025-01-29T23:38:45+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
• 2025-02-24T14:36:29+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2025-02-24T14:36:32+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2025-02-24T16:51:08+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2025-02-25T20:23:33+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-02-26T20:27:57+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-26T23:30:37+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2025-02-26T23:30:48+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-17T18:43:08+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18T19:56:15+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-18T19:56:22+00:00 Returned to the House as passed.
• 2025-03-18T21:05:24+00:00 Returned from the Senate as passed.
• 2025-03-18T21:05:26+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2025-03-19T13:56:08+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2025-03-20T15:50:20+00:00 Notification that HB1291 is now Act 385 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebb6fc27-d719-4c6b-bdaa-714d61e7f0e3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).