HB 1291 Arkansas House · 2025 Regular Session

TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF "EMPLOYEE" UNDER THE MINIMUM WAGE ACT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IMPACTING THE LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 5 OF 2018.

HB 1291 excludes certain minor league baseball players from being classified as "employees" under Arkansas' Minimum Wage Act. This means minor league players in Arkansas would no longer qualify for the state's minimum wage protections established by the law. The bill directly affects minor league baseball players by removing them from the legal definition of "employee" used in the state's minimum wage law, specifically modifying the scope of Act 5 of 2018. The policy change removes a requirement for teams to pay these players at least the state minimum wage.

Issues: ✗ Labor & Employment

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed Mar 20, 2025

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Act 385 → HB 1291 · 1 edit

MINOR

The document shows primarily formatting and layout changes between Act 385 and HB 1291, with no substantive policy modifications. The bill's text, scope, eligibility criteria, and requirements remain unchanged, as the differences are limited to spacing, signature line formatting, and header alignment.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments including spacing around signatures, date stamps, and header alignment that do not affect the bill's legal content or policy provisions.

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

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 20, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that HB1291 is now Act 385

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned from the Senate as passed.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned to the House as passed.

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

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

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor