All Roll Calls
Yes: 218 • No: 0
ArkansasHB14542025 Regular SessionHouse
TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE PROVIDERS; TO ALLOW THIRD-PARTY EMPLOYEE EVALUATION SERVICES TO PERFORM CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS; AND TO INCLUDE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
Sponsored By: Mary Bentley (Republican), Missy Irvin (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Care providers can use outside screeners
Arkansas care providers can use outside evaluation services to run state and national criminal-history checks. These services can decide whether applicants, employees, and contractors qualify to work under the law. Each service must be independent of both the provider and its licensing or certifying agency. It must be allowed to perform the checks under state and federal law, and follow confidentiality rules for reports.
Background checks now cover care contractors
Arkansas care providers must check independent contractors who provide care and have unsupervised access to clients. Providers must give advance notice that contracting depends on satisfactory results, and repeat checks at least every five years. After required registry checks, providers may allow conditional work while awaiting a decision. Covered contractors face the same disqualification rules, exceptions, and check-record requirements as employees. Clients' family members, volunteers, and administrative workers without unsupervised client access remain outside the covered employee definition.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Mary Bentley
Republican • House
Missy Irvin
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/10/2025
House Vote - Thursday, April 10, 2025 2:46:20 PM
Yes: 90 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 5:56:53 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0 • Other: 1
House vote • 2/26/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, February 26, 2025 2:51:10 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1454 is now Act 674
4/16/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/10/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/10/2025HouseSenate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
4/10/2025HouseReturned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
4/9/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/9/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/7/2025SenateRe-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
4/3/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/3/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
4/3/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
4/3/2025SenateRules suspended.
4/3/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
2/26/2025SenateReceived from the House.
2/26/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
2/26/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
2/25/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/11/2025HouseFiled
2/11/2025House
Bill Text
HB1454 - Introduced
2/11/2025
Act Version
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