HB 1561 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO ESTABLISH THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROTECTION ACT OF 2025.

This bill (HB 1561) is a technical amendment to remove all references to "the State of Qatar" from existing state laws. It deletes phrases like "or the State of Qatar" or "from the State of Qatar" from 17 different sections of the code, correcting outdated or erroneous text. The bill does not create new policies, affect any individuals or groups, or change legal requirements. It was passed by both chambers and became law as Act 473 on April 8, 2025, solely to update legal references.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed Apr 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 473 → HB 1561 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text has been updated from Act 473 to HB 1561, indicating a renumbering and potential re-introduction of the legislation. The primary visible change is the formatting and header information, with no substantive policy language visible in the provided excerpt.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 473 to HB 1561, and session year updated to 2025 Regular Session.

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How they voted

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

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 8, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1561 is now Act 473

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 61 co-sponsors