# Arkansas HB1876: REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL.

Arkansas HB1876, REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joshua Bryant (Republican), R. Scott Richardson (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-21 (Notification that HB1876 is now Act 927) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1876
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: REGARDING THE OWNERSHIP OF MODEL TRAINING AND CONTENT GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-20
- Last action: 2025-04-21, Notification that HB1876 is now Act 927
- Sponsors: Joshua Bryant (Republican), R. Scott Richardson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (127 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- AI ownership rules for users and workers: mixed, medium. Under Arkansas law, you own AI-generated content when you provide the input or direction. This does not grant ownership of content that violates existing copyrights or other intellectual property rights. You own the model trained with your data or input when the training data was lawfully acquired.…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 4:04:56 PM | pass | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025-04-08 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 2:46:22 PM | pass | 94 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-04-21: Notification that HB1876 is now Act 927 (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: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-07: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-04-07: Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-04-03: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-04-02: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-04-02: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-03-20: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE (House)
- 2025-03-20: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1876 - Introduced, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1876.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=927.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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- HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS. (failed)
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## Sources
- [HB1876 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1876.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=927.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1876-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).