Arkansas 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1582 — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN ACTIONS AND ENCOURAGE CERTAIN ACTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW.

Last action — Notification that HB1582 is now Act 708

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) on April 16, 2025.

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Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    2 primary, 2 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 amendment to Bill HB 1582 adds a new provision to the legislation while removing a reference to an earlier law that was approved in April 2025. This change is significant because it updates the bill to reflect current regulations and ensures that the new rules are in line with the most recent decisions made by the legislature. This helps clarify the bill’s intentions and keep the legal framework relevant.

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The bill updates requirements for job matching and work search contacts for individuals seeking benefits under the Division of Workforce Services Law.

  • Arkansas Code § 11-10-507(a)(2)

    He or she has registered for work at and thereafter continued to report to a Division of Workforce Services office in accordance with such rules as the director may prescribe, and has created an account on the state-maintained job board listing his or her work experience, credentials or licenses held or earned, and any relevant job information. → He or she has registered for work at and thereafter continued to report to a Division of Workforce Services office in accordance with such rules as the director may prescribe, and has created an account on the state-maintained job board listing his or her work experience, credentials or licenses held or earned, and any relevant job information. The director, by rule, may waive or alter either or both of the requirements of this subdivision (a)(2) as to individuals attached to regular jobs and as to such other types of cases or situations with respect to which he or she finds that compliance with these requirements would be oppressive or would be inconsistent with the purpose of this chapter.

    It clarifies that the director can waive or alter registration and reporting requirements in specific cases.

  • Arkansas Code § 11-10-507(b)

    The state-maintained job board shall match open jobs posted on the state-maintained job board with an individual submitting a claim for benefits. As used in this section, "match" means that the qualifications of the individual correspond to at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the requirements of the open job, as calculated by the state-maintained job board. An individual who matches with five (5) or more open jobs on the state-maintained job board is encouraged to apply to the top ranked five (5) open jobs to meet the requirements of his or her work search contacts under subdivision (b)(1) of this section. An individual who matches with fewer than five (5) open jobs is encouraged to apply to those matching open jobs as well as any other open jobs on the state-maintained job board to meet the requirements of his or her work search contacts under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.

    It establishes a job matching process and encourages individuals to apply for jobs they match with.

Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Notification that HB1582 is now Act 708

  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 PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

  9. Received from the House.

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

  11. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

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

  14. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

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

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

  18. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE

  19. Filed

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Not signed on (134)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 1582?
HB 1582 is sponsored by Kendon Underwood, Ryan A. Rose, Jane English, and Mindy McAlindon.
What is the current status of HB 1582?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2025. Enacted.
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