# Arkansas HB1056: TO CREATE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Arkansas HB1056, TO CREATE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Brian S. Evans (Republican), Bart Hester (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-11 (Notification that HB1056 is now Act 34) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1056-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1056 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO CREATE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-05 - Last action: 2025-02-11, Notification that HB1056 is now Act 34 - Sponsors: Brian S. Evans (Republican), Bart Hester (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (322 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Arkansas creates military and veterans oversight committee: benefit, low. The law creates Arkansas’s permanent Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs to study and oversee these issues. It has 12 House members, each with an alternate, and eight senators from the Senate Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs. House rules govern House selections; vac… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brian S. Evans (Republican), House - Sponsor: Bart Hester (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-06 | House | House Vote - Thursday, February 6, 2025 1:47:29 PM | pass | 94 | 0 | | | 2025-02-03 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, February 3, 2025 2:26:18 PM | pass | 33 | 0 | 2 | | 2025-01-16 | House | House Vote - Thursday, January 16, 2025 11:11:15 AM | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2025-01-16 | House | House Vote - Thursday, January 16, 2025 11:00:15 AM | pass | 97 | 0 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-02-11: Notification that HB1056 is now Act 34 (House) - 2025-02-06: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-02-06: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-02-06: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-02-05: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 (House) - 2025-02-03: Re-referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES (House) - 2025-02-03: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-02-03: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-02-03: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate) - 2025-01-30: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-01-16: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-01-16: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-01-16: The vote by which HB1056 Passed was expunged. (House) - 2025-01-16: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-01-16: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-01-15: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-01-13: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES (House) - 2024-12-05: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1056 - Introduced, 2024-12-05: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1056.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=34.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related bills - HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (enacted) - HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO SET PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF INJURED INDIV… (failed) - HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed) - SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS; AND TO REGULATE ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS FACILITIES. (failed) - HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO PETITION TO SET ASIDE THE SALE OF PROPERTY TO CERTAIN P… (failed) - HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TO REQUIRE THAT A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BE SELECTED A… (failed) ## Sources - [HB1056 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1056.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=34.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) ## Related - [HB1265: AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1265-2025) - [HB1237: TO PROHIBIT MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM SOLICITING INJURED INDIVIDUALS; AND TO S…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1237-2025) - [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025) - [SB440: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS; TO REGULATE THE US…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB440-2025) - [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025) - [HR1012: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HR1012-2025) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1056-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).