# Arkansas HB1815: TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE.

Arkansas HB1815, TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Dave Wallace (Republican), Mark Perry (Democratic); status enacted, last action 2025-04-16 (Notification that HB1815 is now Act 687) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1815
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO AMEND THE STATE'S JURISDICTION OVER FEDERAL LANDS; AND TO RETAIN JUVENILE JUSTICE JURISDICTION BY THE STATE.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-17
- Last action: 2025-04-16, Notification that HB1815 is now Act 687
- Sponsors: Dave Wallace (Republican), Mark Perry (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (132 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Arkansas courts handle military base juvenile cases: benefit, low. Arkansas circuit courts or their juvenile divisions have sole authority over certain juvenile cases on military installations. This applies when shared state and federal authority has been established under Arkansas law. The alleged act must occur within the installation and be a crime under state…
- State legal process loses express protection: cost, low. The law removes an express assurance about Arkansas civil and criminal legal process on federally purchased grounds. That assurance said giving up state jurisdiction did not prevent carrying out state legal process against people there. Removing it does not itself ban all state legal process on tho…
- New rules for Arkansas federal lands: mixed, low. The law authorizes federal purchases of installation sites and gives the United States governing authority over those grounds. Arkansas gives up its right to tax the land and improvements while the United States owns them. Land acquired to expand an existing installation follows that installation's…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Dave Wallace (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Mark Perry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Bentley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Whitaker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Denise Jones Ennett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Fred Allen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ashley Hudson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jim Dotson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jay Richardson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karilyn Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Hammer (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Austin McCollum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Richard McGrew (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jon Milligan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stetson Painter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Ray (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus E. Richmond (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stan Berry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stephen Meeks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Unger (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-09 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:26:30 PM | pass | 35 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:46:47 PM | pass | 97 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-04-16: Notification that HB1815 is now Act 687 (House)
- 2025-04-10: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-04-10: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-04-10: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-04-09: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-09: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-01: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-03-31: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-03-31: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-03-31: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-03-17: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-03-17: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1815 - Introduced, 2025-03-17: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1815.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=687.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [HB1815 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1815.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=687.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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- [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-HB1815-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).