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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A BULLION DEPOSITORY; AND TO ALLOW FOR A PRECIOUS METALS-BACKED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A BULLION DEPOSITORY; AND TO ALLOW FOR A PRECIOUS METALS-BACKED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1918"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1918 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-31T18:35:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:24:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b95e19b8-0e9a-4a75-9076-a76b05553325"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2c0bbb304ba13aba95a6e9c4e64cb67ebfd3e1a8529ffd214ba45881d217e20"
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 1918 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SPECIE OR LEGAL TENDER; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A BULLION DEPOSITORY; AND TO ALLOW FOR A PRECIOUS METALS-BACKED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=810.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1918-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1918** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1918.pdf)
## Sponsors
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-31T18:35:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-01T02:12:08+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`
- **2025-04-02T13:40:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-02T13:40:59+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-02T16:19:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-07T18:21:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08T20:29:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T03:41:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-09T03:41:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:19:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T20:30:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T20:30:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:49:37+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-14T21:49:39+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T15:17:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:24:48+00:00** Notification that HB1918 is now Act 810 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b95e19b8-0e9a-4a75-9076-a76b05553325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).