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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 598: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948.

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

SB 598 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on April 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS RELATED TO THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 4 OF 1948. Primary sponsor: Bruce Cozart (Republican), Jane English (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 18, 2025): Notification that SB598 is now Act 743.

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
Bruce CozartPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Jane EnglishPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate13

“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 SB598 is now Act 743
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
  4. ORDERED ENROLLED
  5. Returned from the House as passed.
  6. Returned to the Senate as passed.
  7. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
  8. Returned by the Committee Do Pass
  9. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  10. RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
  11. Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
  12. Read the third time and passed.

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

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