2025 Regular SessionArkansas Legislature

HB1974

Legislative Summary

To Prohibit State Entities From Employing Unauthorized Aliens; To Establish The E-verify Requirement Act; And To Require State Entities To Use E-verify To Confirm Employment Eligibility.

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Bill History

4/2/2025
Filed
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
House of Representatives
4/7/2025
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
Received from the House.
Senate
4/10/2025
Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
Senate
4/14/2025
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Senate
4/16/2025
Read the third time and passed.
Senate
4/16/2025
Returned to the House as passed.
Senate
4/16/2025
Returned from the Senate as passed.
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
TO BE ENROLLED
House of Representatives
4/16/2025
Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
House of Representatives
4/21/2025
Notification that HB1974 is now Act 948
House of Representatives

Amendments

House Amendment H1

House Amendment H1

4/9/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading
4/16/2025
29
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Third Reading
4/10/2025
76
Yea
20
Nay
4
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/21/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text4/23/2025177.9 KB
Draft
Bill Text4/2/2025149.6 KB