Order

2025R: HB1505 ACT 398

TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO OFFER AND PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR LICENSED COUNSELING FOR A PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED A TRAUMATIC EVENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Latest action: Notification that HB1505 is now Act 398

View Act View Bill PDF Email this Bill

Sponsor	Role
Wing	lead
C. Tucker	primary
Barker	cosponsor
Furman	cosponsor
J. Scott	cosponsor
L. Johnson	cosponsor
McAlindon	cosponsor
Rye	cosponsor

When	Chamber	Action
Feb 17, 2025, 2:16 p.m. CT	House	Filed
Feb 17, 2025, 5:24 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Mar 11, 2025, 2:18 p.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
Mar 12, 2025, 8:36 a.m. CT	House	Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
Mar 12, 2025, 8:36 a.m. CT	House	Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
Mar 12, 2025, 1:20 p.m. CT	House	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Mar 13, 2025, 2:25 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Mar 13, 2025, 2:26 p.m. CT	House	EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
Mar 13, 2025, 5:39 p.m. CT	Senate	Received from the House.
Mar 13, 2025, 5:40 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
Mar 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Mar 19, 2025, 5:23 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Mar 19, 2025, 5:23 p.m. CT	Senate	EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
Mar 19, 2025, 5:23 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned to the House as passed.
Mar 20, 2025, 9:05 a.m. CT	House	Returned from the Senate as passed.
Mar 20, 2025, 9:05 a.m. CT	House	TO BE ENROLLED
Mar 20, 2025, 1:29 p.m. CT	House	Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Mar 25, 2025, 8:26 a.m. CT	House	Notification that HB1505 is now Act 398

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Mar 11, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	House Public Health, Welfare, and Labor Committee Meeting · Committee Room 130	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 13, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 18, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	Senate State Agencies and Govt'l Affairs · Old Supreme Court	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 19, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: H1 (House) by Wing, filed Mar 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m. CT.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
H1	House	Wing	Mar 11, 2025, 2:00 p.m. CT

Committee actions

Do Pass · Senate · Mar 18, 2025, 1:50 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Do Pass as amended · House · Mar 11, 2025, 2:18 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

Floor roll calls

Senate · RCS 650

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 5:23:32 PM · arkleg

32Yea

0Nay

0Not voting

2Present

1Excused

Yea (32)

Present (2)

Dan Sullivan (R)
Matt McKee (R)

Excused (1)

Tyler Dees (R)

House · RCS 560

Thursday, March 13, 2025 2:25:59 PM · arkleg

97Yea

0Nay

2Not voting

1Present

0Excused

Yea (97)

Present (1)

Richard Womack (R)

Not voting (2)

Brit McKenzie (R)
DeAnn Vaught (R)

✓

No checklist selected.

Choose a checklist or click New checklist.. to create one.

Talking Points

Notes

Team notes

In the News

News stories that mention HB1505, found by bill number and title words and filtered for Arkansas coverage. Checked about every 12 hours for bills people follow.

Checking the news now. Reload in a minute.

AI Summary

Generate an AI summary for this bill.