All Roll Calls
Yes: 127 • No: 0
ArkansasHB16182025 Regular SessionHouse
TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION, APPOINTMENT, AND CONTRACTING OF A MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY.
Sponsored By: Steve Crowell (Republican), RJ Hawk (Republican)
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Bill Overview
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Arkansas towns get new attorney options
Arkansas second-class cities and incorporated towns can elect their attorney when other city officers are elected, unless an ordinance makes the office appointed. They can instead contract with a lawyer if they do not maintain an attorney's office. All these attorneys must be licensed in Arkansas. Elected and appointed attorneys serve four-year terms and generally must live within the city or town. If no lawyer lives there, or no resident lawyer has been elected, the mayor and council can appoint an outside lawyer. Contracted lawyers do not have to live there. Cities and towns can still join other municipalities to buy legal services. The law also repeals prior attorney rules for first-class mayor-council cities with fewer than 10,000 residents. It separately repeals attorney rules for mayor-council cities with fewer than 5,000 residents.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Steve Crowell
Republican • Senate
RJ Hawk
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/7/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 5:35:49 PM
Yes: 34 • No: 0
House vote • 3/17/2025
House Vote - Monday, March 17, 2025 1:47:01 PM
Yes: 93 • No: 0 • Other: 2
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1618 is now Act 523
4/10/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/8/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/7/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/7/2025HouseReturned to the House as Passed.
4/7/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/7/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/1/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/17/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/17/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/17/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
3/12/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/27/2025HouseFiled
2/27/2025House
Bill Text
HB1618 - Introduced
2/27/2025
Act Version
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