TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION TO BE DESIGNATED AS AGENTS.
House Bill 1898 reorganizes regulatory and enforcement functions within the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. It creates a new Regulatory Division and a Regulatory Enforcement Division, consolidating existing oversight for tobacco, alcohol, and medical marijuana. The bill merges the Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division and Arkansas Tobacco Control Enforcement Division into the new Regulatory Enforcement Division. Personnel within this new enforcement division will be designated as agents with statewide law enforcement authority to investigate violations related to tobacco, alcohol, medical marijuana, and gambling.
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 31, 2025
Signed Apr 17, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from 'Act 837' to 'HB 1898' with minor formatting adjustments, including the removal of an approval date line and the addition of blank lines. No substantive policy changes were made to the content of the bill.
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Removed the approval date line (4/17/25) that was present in the previous Act 837 version.
Added blank lines at the beginning of the bill text for formatting purposes.
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 17, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1898 is now Act 837
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Apr 14, 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
Apr 3, 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 31, 2025
Introduced
Filed
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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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