# Arkansas SB443: TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Arkansas SB443, TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Joshua Bryant (Republican), Ryan A. Rose (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-22 (Notification that SB443 is now Act 949); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB443-2025 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Arkansas SB443 - State: Arkansas - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF ABSTRACTERS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LICENSURE OF HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. - Status: enacted - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-12 - Last action: 2025-04-22, Notification that SB443 is now Act 949 - Sponsors: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Ryan A. Rose (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (275 yes, 58 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Appraisers drop seals and separate fee requirement: benefit, low. Appraiser applicants still pay an application fee set by board rule. The law removes the statutory requirement for a separate criminal background check fee; it does not end background checks. Appraisers must identify written reports with their registration, license, or certification number instead… - Home inspectors get fee and licensing relief: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, home inspector initial and annual renewal fees are each capped at $200. Late fees cannot exceed one year's renewal fee; specific authority for duplicate-registration, returned-check, and address-change fees is removed. Applicants must use the board's form but no longer apply… - Home inspection records lose privacy protections: cost, low. The board can require inspection reports during investigations or renewal, even when client privacy agreements say otherwise. The law removes special confidentiality, limited-use, and return-or-destruction protections for submitted records. It also removes the special public-record exclusion for co… - Abstracters gain flexibility, lose court shortcuts: mixed, low. Abstracting businesses must be, or employ, a registered abstracter, but former county-specific limits no longer apply. One registered abstracter can satisfy that staffing rule for only one company at a time. Abstracters no longer need a seal, a filed seal impression, or a board list of authorized c… - Home inspectors renew yearly with email reminders: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, home inspector registrations expire every December 31, replacing board-set terms of one to three years. The board must send renewal notices 45–60 days before expiration and can use mail or email. Inspectors with longer registrations now face more frequent renewals, but email… - Abstracters get electronic exam and renewal notices: mixed, low. Abstracter exam notices, including temporary-certificate exams, can arrive by mail or email. Certificate expiration notices must arrive by mail or electronically 30–60 days before expiration. Renewal applications no longer have to accompany those notices, so holders may need to obtain them separate… - Licensing hearings open, outside investigation requirement ends: mixed, low. The law removes the special rule treating board disciplinary hearings as closed executive sessions. Board members can investigate matters before the board, and hiring an independent or private investigator is no longer required. The related direction to use professional-fee money for those contract… - Property licensing funds merge, fiscal rules change: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the former abstracter and home inspector funds are abolished, and their balances enter one board fund. Board fees and other receipts go through the State Treasury into that fund. Home inspection collections are no longer limited to uses under the home inspection law. The law… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Ryan A. Rose (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 15, 2025 1:30:19 PM | pass | 33 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-04-14 | House | House Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 3:18:58 PM | pass | 92 | 0 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, April 2, 2025 2:33:49 PM | pass | 95 | 1 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | House Vote - Tuesday, April 1, 2025 4:42:33 PM | fail | 23 | 56 | 13 | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Senate Vote - Wednesday, March 19, 2025 4:06:54 PM | pass | 32 | 1 | 1 | ## Actions (29) - 2025-04-22: Notification that SB443 is now Act 949 (Senate) - 2025-04-16: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate) - 2025-04-15: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Rules suspended. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in. (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House) - 2025-04-14: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (House) - 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House) - 2025-04-09: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-04-03: Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (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: The vote by which SB443 Failed to Pass was expunged. (House) - 2025-04-01: Read the third time and failed. (House) - 2025-03-31: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House) - 2025-03-19: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE (House) - 2025-03-19: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE (House) - 2025-03-19: Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. (Senate) - 2025-03-19: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Read the third time and passed. (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Filed (Senate) ## Bill text - SB443 - Introduced, 2025-03-12: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB443.pdf) - Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=949.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 - [SB443 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB443.pdf) - [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=949.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-SB443-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).