# Arkansas HB1837: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996. Arkansas HB1837, TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kim Hammer (Republican), Mindy McAlindon (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-22 (Notification that HB1837 is now Act 999) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1837-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas HB1837 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURE FOR MATTERS REFERRED TO VOTERS; AND TO BAN FOREIGN FUNDING FOR BALLOT MEASURES; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE THAT RESULTED FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996. - Status: enacted - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-18 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Notification that HB1837 is now Act 999 - Sponsors: Kim Hammer (Republican), Mindy McAlindon (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (202 yes, 15 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lawful nonprofit donors gain privacy protections: benefit, low. Government bodies generally cannot collect donor identities from tax-exempt groups unless directly related to an alleged violation of these funding rules. During investigations, they must protect lawful donors' identities as much as possible. They generally cannot share those identities publicly or… - Ballot committees must check donor funding: cost, low. At registration, ballot and legislative question committee treasurers must certify that prohibited sources did not fund early work, directly or indirectly. Early work includes polling, drafting question language, and focus groups. Financial reports must affirm that committees have not knowingly or… - Foreign funding and ballot influence banned: cost, low. Registered ballot and legislative question committees cannot knowingly or willfully seek, receive, or accept prohibited-source funding, directly or indirectly. Prohibited sources include foreign nationals and certain groups funded by them. Foreign nationals cannot control or join another person's d… - Independent ballot spenders face funding checks: cost, low. Independent spending reports must affirm that the spender has not knowingly or willfully accepted more than $10,000 total from prohibited sources during the prior four years. Anyone spending more than $10,000 total independently to support or oppose a ballot or legislative question must also certif… - Prohibited ballot funding brings financial penalties: cost, low. The Arkansas Attorney General can sue to enforce the prohibited-funding rules, with notice and an opportunity to be heard. If the Attorney General wins, the court must order relief to stop the violation and award statutory damages. Those damages can reach twice the prohibited contribution or spendi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Kim Hammer (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Mindy McAlindon (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 3:11:12 PM | pass | 87 | 5 | | | 2025-04-14 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 3:15:45 PM | pass | 34 | 0 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:59:37 PM | pass | 81 | 10 | | ## Actions (22) - 2025-04-22: Notification that HB1837 is now Act 999 (House) - 2025-04-16: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House) - 2025-04-15: TO BE ENROLLED (House) - 2025-04-15: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-04-14: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-09: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Rules suspended. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Received from the House. (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-03: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House) - 2025-04-03: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House) - 2025-04-03: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House) - 2025-04-02: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 (House) - 2025-03-18: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-18: Filed (House) ## Bill text - HB1837 - Introduced, 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1837.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=999.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 - [HB1837 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1837.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=999.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) - [Arkansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas/bills) - [Arkansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/arkansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1837-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).