2025 Regular SessionArkansas Legislature

HB1965

Legislative Summary

To Create The Arkansas Healthy Food Retail Act Of 2025; And To Provide Financial Incentives For Healthy Food Retailers In Underserved Communities.

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Bill History

4/1/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
House of Representatives
4/3/2025
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
House of Representatives
4/7/2025
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/7/2025
Received from the House.
Senate
4/7/2025
Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
Senate
4/9/2025
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Senate
4/14/2025
Read the third time and passed.
Senate
4/14/2025
Returned to the House as passed.
Senate
4/14/2025
Returned from the Senate as passed.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
TO BE ENROLLED
House of Representatives
4/15/2025
Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
House of Representatives
4/17/2025
Notification that HB1965 is now Act 870
House of Representatives

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading
4/14/2025
22
Yea
10
Nay
2
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
4/7/2025
58
Yea
28
Nay
14
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/17/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Sponsors

Democrat: 1
Republican: 1

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text4/21/2025152.9 KB
Draft
Bill Text4/1/2025147.3 KB