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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1519: TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIRING AND CONTRACTING OF EMPLOYEES FOR THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, STATE BANK DEPARTMENT, AND STATE SECURITIES DEPARTMENT.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1519 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO ALLOW THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HIRING AND CONTRACTING OF EMPLOYEES FOR THE STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, STATE BANK DEPARTMENT, AND STATE SECURITIES DEPARTMENT. Primary sponsor: Gilmore, Fran Cavenaugh (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in House at Sine Die adjournment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
GilmorePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Fran CavenaughPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Howard BeatyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse95

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in House at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Returned from the Senate having failed to pass.
  3. Returned to the House as Failed to Pass
  4. Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1519 failed to pass. Motion failed.
  5. Read the third time and failed.
  6. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  7. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
  8. Received from the House.
  9. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  10. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  11. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  12. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source