HB 1638 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE.

HB 1638 updates Arkansas state law to include the United States Space Force in all references to the armed forces and uniformed services. It corrects outdated language by replacing "branch" with "regular" in multiple sections and removing obsolete phrases like "United States Marine Corps, United States Space Force" to standardize military service listings. This technical update ensures state legal documents align with the current U.S. military structure, which established the Space Force as a separate service in 2019. The bill does not create new policies or affect military operations - it only modernizes existing statutory language.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025

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Act 508 → HB 1638 · 3 edits

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The document shows a transition from Act 508 to House Bill 1638, with no substantive policy changes visible in the provided text snippet. The changes appear to be primarily formatting and versioning updates, converting the bill from an enacted act into a new legislative proposal for the 95th General Assembly.

TECHNICAL

Bill identifier changed from Act 508 to House Bill 1638, indicating a new legislative proposal rather than an enacted law.

Added session information specifying the 95th General Assembly and Regular Session of 2025.

Removed reference to 'Act 508 of the Regular Session' from the header.

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

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 10, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1638 is now Act 508

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as Passed.

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor