HB 1582 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO REQUIRE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW.

HB 1582, now Act 708, sets forth actions individuals must take and are encouraged to take to be eligible for benefits under the Division of Workforce Services Law. It directly affects individuals applying for or receiving these benefits. A key provision requires claimants to report five work search contacts weekly as part of their benefit certification process. The bill also encourages individuals to apply for jobs listed on the state-maintained job board and clarifies how job search activities should be reported.

Issues: ✗ Labor & Employment

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 708 → HB 1582 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill transitioned from Act 708 to HB 1582 with minor formatting and version number adjustments. The effective date remains January 1, 2026, and no substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content, scope, or requirements.

TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from Act 708 to HB 1582 with updated session information

Minor formatting adjustments to header and footer metadata including version numbers and timestamps

Removed approval signature line dated 4/16/25 from the document

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 16, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1582 is now Act 708

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 8, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors