HB 1527 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE PERMISSIBLE INVESTMENTS A GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE MAY MAKE ON BEHALF OF A WARD.

HB 1527 allows guardians managing a ward's estate (such as a minor or incapacitated adult) to invest funds in the Arkansas Brighter Future Fund Plan without needing court approval. This bill amends Arkansas law to explicitly add this state-created retirement savings plan as a permissible investment option for guardians. The change simplifies financial management for guardians by removing the prior requirement for judicial permission when using this specific investment vehicle.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 315 → HB 1527 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was renumbered and reformatted from Act 315 to HB 1527 for the 95th General Assembly, 2025 Regular Session. The approval date line was removed, and the document header was updated to reflect the new bill number and session details.

TECHNICAL

Removed the approval date line (3/18/25) that was present in the previous Act 315 version.

Updated document header to change from Act 315 to HB 1527 and adjusted line numbering to reflect the new bill format.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1527 is now Act 315

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor