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type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1582"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1582 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-25T20:06:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T21:05:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4df7491c-9742-42ce-b52a-91defb043f03"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "944cae20d6648e971372957acb9fd62631b7902bb33c709d026beeef2461ba08"
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 1582 (2025) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 708** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=708.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1582-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1582-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1582** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1582.pdf)
## Sponsors
- J. English — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-25T20:06:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-25T23:05:51+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`
- **2025-03-06T14:32:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T14:32:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:57:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T18:27:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T13:44:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-17T13:44:17+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-17T17:59:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T19:46:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T22:07:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-18T22:07:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T00:41:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T23:15:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T23:15:21+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:34:07+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T01:34:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T16:10:37+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T21:05:45+00:00** Notification that HB1582 is now Act 708 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4df7491c-9742-42ce-b52a-91defb043f03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).