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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1802: TO CREATE THE TALENT RECRUITMENT GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RELOCATE TO THE STATE.

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 1802 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO CREATE THE TALENT RECRUITMENT GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO RELOCATE TO THE STATE. Primary sponsor: Jim Petty (Republican), Les Warren (Republican). It lists 20 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 14, 2025): Notification that HB1802 is now Act 606.

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): Democratic 4 · Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim PettyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Les WarrenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Lincoln BarnettCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse63
Karilyn BrownCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Paul ChildressCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Bruce CozartCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Carol DalbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse100
James EatonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Tony FurmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Zack GramlichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse50
Kim HammerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Dolly HenleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Richard McGrewCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Jessie McGruderCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Jon MilliganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Reginald MurdockCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9
Jason NazarenkoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Stetson PainterCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Jay RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49
Johnny RyeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Dave WallaceCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
WingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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 HB1802 is now Act 606
  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. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
  9. Received from the House.
  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  12. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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