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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1917: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING.

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 1917 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on March 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT-ATHLETE PUBLICITY RIGHTS ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING. Primary sponsor: Bart Hester (Republican), Matthew Shepherd (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Notification that HB1917 is now Act 839.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bart HesterPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Matthew ShepherdPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Brian EvansCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68

“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 HB1917 is now Act 839
  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. Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1917 failed to pass. Motion Carried.
  8. Read the third time and failed.
  9. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  10. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE
  11. Received from the House.
  12. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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