HB 1808 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

House Bill 1808, now Act 686, amends existing laws concerning municipal fire departments. This legislation also establishes a "Bill of Rights for Firefighters," directly impacting firefighters employed by municipal departments.

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 17, 2025 Signed Apr 16, 2025

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Act 686 → HB 1808 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was renamed from Act 686 to HB 1808 and updated with new session information for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. The substantive policy content appears unchanged, with only formatting and header information modified to reflect the new bill number and session dates.

TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from Act 686 to HB 1808 with updated session dates (H3/20/25 S4/7/25) and assembly information.

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 HB1808 is now Act 686

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .

upper

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor