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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1957: TO AMEND THE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MAIL PREVENTION ACT TO INCLUDE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT TEXT MESSAGES.

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 1957 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT ELECTRONIC MAIL PREVENTION ACT TO INCLUDE UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL AND SEXUALLY EXPLICIT TEXT MESSAGES. Primary sponsor: Jane English (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 17, 2025): Notification that HB1957 is now Act 847.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jane EnglishPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Stephen MeeksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse42

“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 HB1957 is now Act 847
  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  3. TO BE ENROLLED
  4. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  5. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  6. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  7. Read the third time and passed.
  8. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  9. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  10. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  11. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
  12. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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