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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1861: TO MAKE OPERATION OF AN ILLEGAL ONLINE CASINO OR SPORTS BETTING A FELONY; TO CREATE THE INTERACTIVE GAMING ACT; TO REGULATE INTERNET GAMING AND INCLUDE NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS GAMES AND GAMING; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

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 1861 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO MAKE OPERATION OF AN ILLEGAL ONLINE CASINO OR SPORTS BETTING A FELONY; TO CREATE THE INTERACTIVE GAMING ACT; TO REGULATE INTERNET GAMING AND INCLUDE NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS GAMES AND GAMING; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Primary sponsor: Jamie Scott (Democratic), Matt Duffield (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 7, 2025): Recommended for study in the Interim by the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE.

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 7 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamie ScottPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate12
Matt DuffieldPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Fred AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Glenn BarnesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Ken FergusonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse64
Jessie McGruderCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Mark PerryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jay RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse49

“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. Recommended for study in the Interim by the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  2. WITHDRAWN BY AUTHOR
  3. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  4. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  5. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  6. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  7. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  8. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  10. Filed

Sources

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