Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1017 — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE.

Last action — Notification that HB1017 is now Act 904

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 20, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 21, 2025.

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Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    2 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

1 added · 2 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 1017 has been updated to include a new provision while removing a specific reference to a previously approved act. This change is important because it allows for more flexibility in how the law is applied, potentially making it more relevant to current needs. By removing the outdated reference, lawmakers aim to ensure that the new bill aligns better with contemporary issues and priorities.

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Act 904 of the Regular Session State ofArkansas As Engrossed:
State ofArkansas As Engrossed:
Collins APPROVED:
Collins 3 03-31-2025 12:22:16 TNL026
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How this bill changes current law

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The bill mandates that the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education pays for all incurred costs of approved paid maternity leave for public school employees.

  • 6-17-122

    joint, equal responsibility for the cost shared between the State of Arkansas and a public school district or open-enrollment public charter school that employs an individual considered education personnel under this section;

    The definition of 'cost-sharing' is removed.

  • 6-17-122

    the cost-sharing → one hundred percent (100%) of incurred costs

    The payment responsibility is changed from a 50% cost-sharing to a full 100% payment by the Division.

  • 6-17-122

    the division and the public school district or open-enrollment public charter school to each pay fifty percent (50%) → division to pay one hundred percent (100%) of incurred costs for approved paid maternity leave.

    This change ensures that the Division is solely responsible for all costs associated with approved paid maternity leave.

Amendments

3 amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1017 is now Act 904

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

  6. Read the third time and passed.

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

  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE

  9. Received from the House.

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

  11. Returned by the Committee Do Pass

  12. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  13. Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

  14. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

  16. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

  17. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

  18. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

  20. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

  21. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  22. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1017?
HB 1017 is sponsored by Keith Brooks, Lincoln Barnett, Joy Springer, Breanne Davis, Andrew Collins, and Diana Gonzales Worthen.
What is the current status of HB 1017?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 20, 2024. Enacted.
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