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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1856: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CEMETERIES, AND BURIAL SERVICES; AND TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY A LICENSEE.

In committee 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 1856 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS, FUNERAL DIRECTORS, CEMETERIES, AND BURIAL SERVICES; AND TO INCREASE THE CIVIL PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS BY A LICENSEE. Primary sponsor: Dave Wallace (Republican), Denise Ennett (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2025): WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR.

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 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave WallacePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Denise EnnettPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Ken FergusonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse64

“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. WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
  2. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  3. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  4. Filed

Sources

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