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2025R: HB1561 ACT 473

TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2025.

Latest action: Notification that HB1561 is now Act 473

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Sponsor	Role
Painter	lead
Hill	primary
Achor	cosponsor
Andrews	cosponsor
B. McKenzie	cosponsor
Barker	cosponsor
Beaty Jr.	cosponsor
Beck	cosponsor
Bentley	cosponsor
Breaux	cosponsor
Brooks	cosponsor
C. Cooper	cosponsor
Cavenaugh	cosponsor
Childress	cosponsor
Cozart	cosponsor
Crawford	cosponsor
Eaton	cosponsor
Evans	cosponsor
Furman	cosponsor
Gazaway	cosponsor
Gramlich	cosponsor
Hall	cosponsor
Hawk	cosponsor
Hollowell	cosponsor
J. Moore	cosponsor
Joey Carr	cosponsor
John Carr	cosponsor
K. Brown	cosponsor
L. Johnson	cosponsor
Long	cosponsor
Lundstrum	cosponsor
Lynch	cosponsor
M. Brown	cosponsor
M. McElroy	cosponsor
M. Shepherd	cosponsor
Maddox	cosponsor
McAlindon	cosponsor
McClure	cosponsor
McGrew	cosponsor
McNair	cosponsor
Milligan	cosponsor
N. Burkes	cosponsor
Nazarenko	cosponsor
Pearce	cosponsor
Perry	cosponsor
Pilkington	cosponsor
Puryear	cosponsor
R. Burkes	cosponsor
R. Scott Richardson	cosponsor
Ray	cosponsor
Richmond	cosponsor
Rose	cosponsor
Rye	cosponsor
S. Berry	cosponsor
Schulz	cosponsor
Torres	cosponsor
Tosh	cosponsor
Underwood	cosponsor
Unger	cosponsor
Vaught	cosponsor
Walker	cosponsor
Wing	cosponsor
Wooten	cosponsor

When	Chamber	Action
Feb 24, 2025, 1:40 p.m. CT	House	Filed
Feb 24, 2025, 4:52 p.m. CT	House	Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
Mar 5, 2025, 8:29 a.m. CT	House	Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
Mar 5, 2025, 8:29 a.m. CT	House	Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
Mar 5, 2025, 11:46 a.m. CT	House	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Mar 12, 2025, 8:34 a.m. CT	House	Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
Mar 12, 2025, 8:34 a.m. CT	House	Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
Mar 12, 2025, 1:18 p.m. CT	House	REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
Mar 13, 2025, 1:43 p.m. CT	House	Returned by the Committee Do Pass
Mar 17, 2025, 2:29 p.m. CT	House	Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. ·
Mar 17, 2025, 6:13 p.m. CT	Senate	Received from the House.
Mar 17, 2025, 6:13 p.m. CT	Senate	Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
Mar 31, 2025, 1:47 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Apr 1, 2025, 4:47 p.m. CT	Senate	Read the third time and passed. ·
Apr 1, 2025, 4:47 p.m. CT	Senate	Returned to the House as passed.
Apr 1, 2025, 5:50 p.m. CT	House	Returned from the Senate as passed.
Apr 1, 2025, 5:50 p.m. CT	House	TO BE ENROLLED
Apr 2, 2025, 10:35 a.m. CT	House	Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
Apr 8, 2025, 11:43 a.m. CT	House	Notification that HB1561 is now Act 473

Meetings

When	Meeting	Video
Mar 13, 2025, 10:00 a.m. CT	House Education Committee · Committee Room 138	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 17, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	House Meeting · House	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Mar 31, 2025, 9:30 a.m. CT	Senate Education · Senate Room 207	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar
Apr 1, 2025, 1:30 p.m. CT	Senate Floor Session · Senate Chamber	Video Add to Google Calendar Add to Apple Calendar

Filed amendments on record: H1 (House) by Painter, filed Mar 4, 2025, 1:56 p.m. CT: Hall of the House of Representatives 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of House Bill 1561 TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2025. ___________________; H2 (House) by Painter, filed Mar 11, 2025, 8:55 a.m. CT: Hall of the House of Representatives 95th General Assembly - Regular Session, 2025 Amendment Form ______________________________________________________________________ Subtitle of House Bill 1561 TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2025. ___________________.

Number	Chamber	Sponsor	Introduced
H1	House	Painter	Mar 4, 2025, 1:56 p.m. CT
H2	House	Painter	Mar 11, 2025, 8:55 a.m. CT

Fiscal impact

Other1 · Mar 5, 2025

Fiscal Impact Statement ______________________________________________________________________________ DATE: 2/26/2025 BILL: HB1561 SPONSOR: Rep. Painter; Sen. Hill SUBTITLE: TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2025. ______________________________________________________________________________ TOPIC - Higher Education AFFECTED FUNDS – Institutional Gifts REVENUE IMPACT - $0 ASSUMPTIONS - BASED ON: This act would create reporting requirements of institutions to their board for any potential gifts from listed foreign adversaries. Institutions must already report these gifts to other entities so no additional fiscal impact is expected from these new requirements. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS – Prepared by the Arkansas Department of Education

Committee actions

Do Pass · Senate · Mar 31, 2025, 1:47 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
Do Pass · House · Mar 13, 2025, 1:43 p.m. CT
Returned by the Committee Do Pass

Floor roll calls

Senate · RCS 748

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:47:36 PM · arkleg

29Yea

5Nay

0Not voting

1Present

0Excused

Yea (29)

Nay (5)

Present (1)

Jamie Scott (D)

House · RCS 598

Monday, March 17, 2025 2:29:26 PM · arkleg

81Yea

10Nay

9Not voting

0Present

0Excused

Yea (81)

Nay (10)

Not voting (9)

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