Bills Signed: SB206, HB1384, SB228, HB1183, HB1286, SB17, SB136, SB178, HB1368, HB1378, SB147, SB165, SB166, SB185, HB1475, HB1486, HB1121, HB1487, HB1450, HB1441, HB1417, HB1399, SB202, SB207, SB63, SB234, SB169, HB1154, HB1155, HB1156, HB1157, HB1158, HB1160, HB1161        

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- On Thursday, February 27, 2025, the Governor signed into law: 

SB206 - An act to amend the right to read act; to amend the amount of the literacy tutoring grant awarded under the right to read act; and for other purposes.

HB1384 - An act to amend the law concerning the graduate medical education residency expansion board; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

SB228 - An act concerning a waiver for a renewed background check granted by a board of directors of an educational entity to an applicant for a nonlicensed staff position; and for other purposes.
HB1183 - An act to create the registered dialysis patient care technician act; and for other purposes.

HB1286 - An act to amend the Arkansas triage, treat, and transport to alternative destination act; and for other purposes.

SB17 - An act to create Lux’s law; to prohibit the sale of a dead human body that is intended to be cremated or buried; to establish penalties for the sale of a dead human body; and for other purposes.

SB136 - An act to create the right to try individualized investigational treatment act; to establish procedures for patients to try individualized investigational; treatments; to ensure that patients with life-threatening or severely debilitating illness have access to individualized investigational treatment; and for other purposes.

SB178 - An act to amend the Arkansas healthcare decisions act; to clarify the ability of a surrogate to obtain records on a principal’s income, assets, and banking and financial records; and for other purposes.
HB1368 - An act to amend the list of musicians honored on Arkansas music appreciation day; and for other purposes.
HB1378 - An act to amend the law concerning the state board of finance; to amend the composition of the state board of finance; to amend the requirements for a quorum for meetings of the state board of finance; to repeal the requirements for the employment of a chief compliance officer by the state board of finance; and for other purposes.

SB147 - An act to amend Arkansas law concerning the Department of Transformation and Shared Services; to change the name of the Department of Transformation and Shared Services; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

SB165 - An act to amend the law concerning competitive sealed proposals under the Arkansas procurement law; and for other purposes.

SB166 - An act to amend the law concerning emergency procurements; to include a state of disaster emergency in the definition of “critical emergency” for purposes of an emergency procurement; and for other purposes.

SB185 - An act to amend the Arkansas computer and electronic solid waste management act; and for other purposes.
HB1475 - An act to authorize the use of green lights by roadway constriction or maintenance vehicles; to amend the special restrictions on lamp colors; to amend the colors of lights that may be used by emergency vehicles; to define a roadway construction or maintenance vehicle; to define that vehicles may use oscillating, rotating, or flashing lights or devices; and for other purposes.

HB1486 - An act to amend the law concerning the market value of certain surplus property acquired by the state highway commission; and for other purposes.

HB1121 - To repeal the law concerning the transfer of tax-forfeited lands to state institutions.

HB1487 - An act to amend the law concerning the Arkansas forestry commission; to amend the number of commissioners on the Arkansas forestry commission’s committee; and for other purposes.

HB1450 - An act to amend the law concerning reports by the Department of Agriculture; and for other purposes.

HB1441 - An act to amend the law concerning the Arkansas coordinate system of 1983; and for other purposes.

HB1417 - An act to designate the official duck of the state of Arkansas; and for other purposes.

HB1399 - An act to amend the law concerning the issuance of donation deeds and homestead donation deeds by the commissioner of state lands; and for other purposes.

SB202 - An act to amend the law concerning statutory bonding requirements for construction projects of the state highway commission; and for other purposes. 
SB207 - An act to amend the law concerning initiative and referendum petitions; to require a canvasser to disclose that petition fraud is a criminal offense; and to declare an emergency.

SB63 - An act to amend Arkansas law concerning reports by the secretaries of cabinet-level departments on the state of their departments; and for other purposes.

SB234 - An act concerning the nineteenth judicial district west; to create an additional circuit judgeship; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

SB169 - An act to make technical corrections to the Arkansas constitution; to amend Arkansas constitution, amendment 51; and for other purposes.

HB1154 - An act to enact the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System’s general omnibus; to amend the law concerning recognition of federal retirement programs, contributory and noncontributory membership status, temporary waivers for electronically reporting and paying contributions to the Arkansas teacher retirement system, option A and option B annuity elections and distributions under the Arkansas teacher retirement system, the effective date of survivor benefits under the Arkansas teacher retirement system, eligibility to participate in a PSHE plan, and other various provisions applicable to the Arkansas teacher retirement system; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1155 - An act to create a rebuttable presumption of qualification for disability retirement benefits under the Arkansas teacher retirement system for members with a service-connected total and permanent disability rating from the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1156 - An act to amend the law concerning the eligibility of a surviving spouse for survivor annuity benefits under the Arkansas teacher retirement system; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1157 - An act to amend the law concerning survivor annuity benefits for dependent children under the Arkansas teacher retirement system; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1158 - An act to amend the law concerning the election of a distribution option under the teacher deferred retirement option plan; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1160 - An act to amend the law concerning permissive service credit for gap year service under the Arkansas teacher retirement system; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.

HB1161 - An act to clarify the law concerning an election to change annuity options within one year of retirement under the Arkansas teacher retirement system; to declare an emergency; and for other purposes.