SB 497 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY THE POSTER.

Senate Bill 497, now Act 655, requires the Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to create and distribute a poster detailing various veterans' benefits and services. This poster must include information on VA programs, mental health and substance abuse options, educational resources, tax benefits, and the Veterans Crisis Line. The bill mandates that employers in Arkansas with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees conspicuously display this poster in their workplaces. The purpose is to ensure veterans who are employees have easy access to information about available support and resources.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Veterans

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 655 → SB 497 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from Act 655 to SB 497, removing the approval date and adding blank lines for standard legislative formatting. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content.

TECHNICAL

Deleted the approval date line (4/16/25) that was present in the previous Act 655 version.

Added blank lines at the beginning of the document for standard formatting.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Apr 18, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB497 is now Act 655

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to the Senate as passed.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Apr 7, 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

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 1 co-sponsor