# Arkansas HB1352: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS CONCERNING ACTIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.

Arkansas HB1352, TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS CONCERNING ACTIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Blake Johnson (Republican), Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-21 (Notification that HB1352 is now Act 937) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1352
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS CONCERNING ACTIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2025-04-21, Notification that HB1352 is now Act 937
- Sponsors: Blake Johnson (Republican), Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 63
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (198 yes, 22 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State colleges must close covered Chinese institutes: cost, low. Arkansas state-supported colleges cannot host Confucius Institutes or similar institutes tied to the Chinese government, including Chinese cultural centers. Colleges must close existing covered institutes by December 31, 2025. Each college must certify every year that it has no prohibited institute…
- Public funds face Chinese investment limits: mixed, low. Arkansas state-supported colleges cannot invest state or local money in Chinese companies or restricted investment products defined by the law. Only exceptions allowed by the public-investment rules apply. Starting on the subchapter’s effective date, public investment entities, their contracted ser…
- Public investors get protections and defense costs: mixed, low. Actions taken to follow the investment rules are exempt from conflicting state legal duties, including good-faith investment decisions. This covers conflicting duties involving asset managers, funds, and portfolio investments. The state, public investment entities, and their covered officials, boar…
- Public investors must sell, with financial exceptions: mixed, low. Arkansas public investment entities must plan and carry out sales of covered Chinese investments as soon as financially prudent. Unless exempt, they must sell 100% within 12 months after first reporting the investment. Restricted products are exempt if Chinese investments make up less than 1% of th…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Blake Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Alyssa Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wade Andrews (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brit McKenzie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sonia Eubanks Barker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Beck (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Bentley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Harlan Breaux (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith Brooks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cameron Cooper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Frances Cavenaugh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Childress (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce Cozart (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Carol Dalby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Eaton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian S. Evans (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tony Furman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brad Hall (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: RJ Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Hollowell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremiah Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joey L. Carr (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John P. Carr (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Karilyn Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wayne Long (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Robin Lundstrum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Roger D. Lynch (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark D. McElroy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew J. Shepherd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Maddox (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mindy McAlindon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick McClure (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Richard McGrew (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron McNair (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jon Milligan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Burkes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Nazarenko (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stetson Painter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Shad Pearce (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Perry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron Pilkington (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Puryear (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rebecca Burkes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Ray (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus E. Richmond (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan A. Rose (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Rye (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stan Berry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bart Schulz (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Randy Torres (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kendon Underwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Unger (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: DeAnn Vaught (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Walker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Carlton Wing (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jim Wooten (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-15 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 2:55:39 PM | pass | 84 | 10 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 8:42:48 PM | pass | 28 | 6 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | House | House Vote - Monday, March 17, 2025 1:54:50 PM | pass | 86 | 6 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2025-04-21: Notification that HB1352 is now Act 937 (House)
- 2025-04-16: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-04-15: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-04-15: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-04-09: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House)
- 2025-04-08: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-12: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-03-05: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-03-05: Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-03-03: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-03-03: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-03-03: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-02-03: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-01-31: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1352 - Introduced, 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1352.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=937.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [HB1352 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1352.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=937.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1352-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).