TO SET FORTH AUTHORIZED DOMAIN EXTENSIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT WEBSITES.
House Bill 1951 establishes authorized domain extensions for websites belonging to higher education institutions and government entities. The bill was amended to clarify specific provisions within these rules. This includes bringing collegiate athletics programs under the scope of entities covered by the domain regulations. Additionally, the amendment designates the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board as the specific state authority responsible for overseeing these higher education domain rules.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Signed Apr 21, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was renumbered from Act 929 to HB 1951 and updated its session information to reflect the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025. No substantive policy changes, scope modifications, or content alterations were made in this version.
TECHNICAL
Bill number changed from Act 929 to HB 1951 with updated session metadata for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session 2025.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Apr 21, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1951 is now Act 929
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 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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