All Roll Calls
Yes: 121 • No: 4
ArkansasHB17402025 Regular SessionHouse
TO EXEMPT CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION FROM THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967.
Sponsored By: Steve Crowell (Republican), Kendra Moore (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
More privacy, less access to animal records
The law exempts two types of records from public records requests when Arkansas’s Department of Agriculture receives or holds them. These are veterinary inspection certificates and personal information obtained from or linked to animal electronic identification tags. This protects people’s privacy but limits what the public can see. The exemption does not cover all department records.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Steve Crowell
Republican • Senate
Kendra Moore
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Harlan Breaux
Republican • House
Cameron Cooper
Republican • House
Bruce Cozart
Republican • House
David Whitaker
Democratic • House
Brad Hall
Republican • House
Jeremiah Moore
Republican • House
Lane Jean
Republican • House
Roger D. Lynch
Republican • House
Ron McNair
Republican • House
Chad Puryear
Republican • House
Marcus E. Richmond
Republican • House
Tracy Steele
Democratic • House
Steve Unger
Republican • House
DeAnn Vaught
Republican • House
Steven Walker
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 9:30:55 PM
Yes: 27 • No: 4 • Other: 3
House vote • 4/1/2025
House Vote - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3:37:33 PM
Yes: 94 • No: 0 • Other: 3
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1740 is now Act 585
4/14/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/9/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/9/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/8/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/3/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
4/1/2025SenateReceived from the House.
4/1/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/1/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
3/31/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
3/11/2025HouseFiled
3/11/2025House
Bill Text
HB1740 - Introduced
3/11/2025
Act Version
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