HB 1178 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SUMS COLLECTED BY DISTRICT COURTS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COST SHARING FOR DISTRICT COURT EXPENSES.

House Bill 1178 amends laws pertaining to municipal legal services and district court finances. The bill specifically allows cities of the second class and incorporated towns that do not maintain a city attorney office to contract with an attorney for legal representation. It also modifies laws concerning sums collected by district courts and the cost sharing for district court expenses, although specific details for these provisions are not provided in the excerpt. This bill has been enacted into law as Act 993.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Signed Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 993 → HB 1178 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text has been updated from Act 993 to HB 1178, with minor formatting changes including the addition of blank lines and updated legislative session dates. No substantive policy changes were identified in the provided text.

TECHNICAL

Header text updated to reflect new bill number (HB 1178) and session dates (H2/18/25 H3/5/25 H4/1/25) instead of Act 993.

Two blank lines added after the Act 993 reference line.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1178 is now Act 993

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors