All Roll Calls
Yes: 94 • No: 9
ArkansasSB4972025 Regular SessionSenate
TO REQUIRE THE CREATION OF A POSTER REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS AND SERVICES; AND TO REQUIRE CERTAIN EMPLOYERS TO DISPLAY THE POSTER.
Sponsored By: Dave Wallace (Republican), Jason Nazarenko (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Arkansas workplaces must post veterans' benefits information
Arkansas employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees must display a veterans' benefits poster where employees can easily see and access it. The Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing must create and distribute it, consulting with the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs. The poster must include state veterans' program contacts and websites, substance abuse and mental health treatment options, and education, workforce, and training resources. It must also explain tax benefits, veteran designations on driver's licenses or identification cards, and unemployment insurance eligibility under state and federal law. Legal services and contact information for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Crisis Line must also be included. The law provides information, not new benefit eligibility or direct payments.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Dave Wallace
Republican • Senate
Jason Nazarenko
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Clarke Tucker
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/9/2025
House Vote - Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:05:25 PM
Yes: 59 • No: 9 • Other: 18
Senate vote • 4/7/2025
Senate Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:24:55 PM
Yes: 35 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB497 is now Act 655
4/18/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/10/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/10/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/9/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/9/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/9/2025HouseReturned by the Committee Do Pass
4/8/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE
4/7/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/7/2025HouseOrdered immediately transmitted to the House.
4/7/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/7/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/3/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/18/2025SenateFiled
3/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB497 - Introduced
3/18/2025
Act Version
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