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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1638: TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.

Enacted 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 1638 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE. Primary sponsor: Steve Crowell (Republican), Stetson Painter (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Notification that HB1638 is now Act 508.

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 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve CrowellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Stetson PainterPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse3
David RayCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69

“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. Notification that HB1638 is now Act 508
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.
  5. Returned to the House as Passed.
  6. Read the third time and passed.
  7. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar.
  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