All Roll Calls
Yes: 129 • No: 1
ArkansasHB16012025 Regular SessionHouse
TO REQUIRE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE CAREER COUNSELING AND OTHER RESOURCES TO CERTAIN STUDENTS.
Sponsored By: Jim Dotson (Republican), Lee Johnson (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More career help for Arkansas college students
Arkansas’s Division of Higher Education must keep an accessible online link to career counseling and resources from state-supported colleges. These colleges must link to the division’s resources and tell students how to access help from both sources. Resources include information about career and technical training and jobs in trade industries. Students who leave without graduating can request continued access to their college’s career services for up to six months. The law excludes concurrently enrolled students and students who enroll at a subsequent institution.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Jim Dotson
Republican • Senate
Lee Johnson
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jessie McGruder
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, March 18, 2025 3:12:32 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/11/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, March 11, 2025 2:24:46 PM
Yes: 95 • No: 1 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1601 is now Act 354
3/20/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
3/19/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
3/18/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
3/18/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
3/18/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
3/18/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
3/17/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/11/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/11/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/11/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/10/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
3/10/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
3/10/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
3/6/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/26/2025HouseFiled
2/26/2025House
Bill Text
HB1601 - Introduced
2/26/2025
Act Version
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