CONCERNING RECORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS KEPT BY THE STATE CRIME LABORATORY.
House Bill 1843 amends existing law concerning the release of confidential and privileged records kept by the State Crime Laboratory. The bill adds the Arkansas Drug Director to the list of individuals authorized to receive these records. This change allows the State Crime Laboratory to share specific information with the Arkansas Drug Director.
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 18, 2025
Signed Apr 21, 2025
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Act 954
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HB 1843
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MINOR
The bill text has been reformatted from 'Act 954' to 'HB 1843' for the 95th General Assembly, 2025 Regular Session. The primary change is the removal of the approval date (4/21/25) and reformatting of the header to reflect the new bill number and session details.
TECHNICAL
Removed the approval date '4/21/25' that appeared in the original Act 954 version.
Reformatted the header to display 'State of Arkansas', '95th General Assembly', 'Regular Session, 2025', and 'HOUSE BILL 1843' in a new layout.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 21, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1843 is now Act 954
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 16, 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
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dwight Tosh
RRepublican
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