Files
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

85 lines
5.5 KiB
Markdown

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1914."
description: "TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1914."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 439"
citation: "Arkansas SB 439 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-12T15:34:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:11:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eabbb408-4ab1-4fda-b8f0-903368c74a42"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "29b50327b517ca507166962e077669b56abe977200c7c0fbdecd4559480476f9"
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 SB 439 (2025) — TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND LICENSING; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS CODE WHICH RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1914.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 737** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=737.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB439-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB439-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB439-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 439** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB439.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-12T15:34:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-12T19:00:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T13:02:56+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-03-17T13:03:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-17T18:36:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T18:36:38+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:49:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T21:02:05+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T13:00:20+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-03-20T13:00:29+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-20T18:43:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-20T18:43:40+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T13:34:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2025-04-01T13:35:04+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:53:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:53:52+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:44:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:53:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T18:54:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-07T21:34:28+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-08T01:10:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T18:52:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-14T20:27:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:27:09+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:32:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T00:32:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:05:52+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:05:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:11:11+00:00** Notification that SB439 is now Act 737 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eabbb408-4ab1-4fda-b8f0-903368c74a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).