# Arkansas HB1548: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AND TO ABOLISH THE DATA AND TRANSPARENCY PANEL.

Arkansas HB1548, TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AND TO ABOLISH THE DATA AND TRANSPARENCY PANEL., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joshua Bryant (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-03-20 (Notification that HB1548 is now Act 375) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1548
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS; AND TO ABOLISH THE DATA AND TRANSPARENCY PANEL.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-20
- Last action: 2025-03-20, Notification that HB1548 is now Act 375
- Sponsors: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (132 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Arkansas shifts data oversight and sharing rules: mixed, low. The law ends Arkansas’s Data and Transparency Panel and puts the Division of Information Systems in charge of statewide data sharing. It also ends the Chief Data Officer’s panel oversight duty and removes panel-specific confidentiality rules and legal immunity for data providers. The Division recei…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Stephen Meeks (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, March 17, 2025 3:41:48 PM | pass | 34 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-10 | House | House Vote - Monday, March 10, 2025 1:49:06 PM | pass | 98 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-03-20: Notification that HB1548 is now Act 375 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-03-17: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-03-17: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-03-06: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-03-06: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-03-05: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-02-20: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1548 - Introduced, 2025-02-20: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1548.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=375.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
- [HB1548 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1548.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=375.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1548-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).