Title 25 — State Government

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Official government material” means a guidance, rule, material, briefing, press release, or communication prepared by a state agency; and(2) “State agency” means every department, division, office, board, commission, and institution of this state.…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Chinese company” means a company, other than a United States person or United States subsidiary as defined by 15 C.F.R. § 772.1, as it existed on January 1, 2025, that:(i) Is domiciled, incorporated, issued, or listed in the People's Republ…

(a) Notwithstanding any other statutes, except as provided in § 25-1-1505, this subchapter restricts the investment and financial decisions of all public investment entities. (b) A public investment entity, a service provider contracted by a public investment entity, and all othe…

(a) Within six (6) months of August 5, 2025, and at least annually each year before July 1, a public investment entity shall:(1) (A) Make a good faith effort to identify all investments in a Chinese company or restricted investment product.(B) The good faith effort to identify al…

(a) (1) If a public investment entity reports an investment in a Chinese company or a restricted investment product under § 25-1-1503, the public investment entity shall establish a plan to divest from the Chinese company or restricted investment product.(2) The public investment…

(a) This subchapter does not restrict a private equity or venture capital investment made in a Chinese company before August 5, 2025. (b) After August 5, 2025, a public investment entity, a service provider contracted by a public investment entity, or any other fiduciary shall no…

With respect to an action taken in compliance with this subchapter, including without limitation all good faith determinations regarding investing in a Chinese company or restricted investment product, a public investment entity is exempt from any conflicting state statutory or c…

(a) The state and its officers, agents, and employees and a public investment entity and its board members, executive director, officers, agents, and employees are immune from civil liability for any act or omission related to the removal of an asset from a fund under this subcha…

If any provision of this subchapter or the application of this subchapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this subchapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and…

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to:(1) Prohibit the excessive reproduction of state agency reports that are being written, printed, and distributed at significant public expense; and(2) Provide for internet publication as the primary means of publishing state agency …

(a) Reports by state agencies that are required to be submitted to the General Assembly shall be submitted only to:(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives;(2) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate;(3) The member of the General Assembly who was the lead sponsor of the le…

(a) A state agency shall not distribute a state publication except as provided in this section. (b) (1) A state agency shall place a state publication on its website.(2) The Office of State Technology shall assist those state agencies requesting assistance in placing publications…

Each state agency shall include in its budget request a list of state publications that are required by statutory law and shall state in writing the reasons for the continued publication or distribution of its publications.

(a) A state agency which publishes or distributes a state publication shall file an electronic copy of a publication with the Legislative Council if the state agency has published or distributed more than one thousand (1,000) copies of the publication in the preceding calendar ye…

As used in this subchapter, “state agency” means an agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, council, department, office, or officer of the state receiving an appropriation by the General Assembly, including without limitation a state-supported institution of higher educatio…

In recognition of the Supreme Court's decision in State Bd. of Workforce Educ. and Career Opportunities v. King, 336 Ark. 409, 985 S.W.2d 731 (1999) , it is the intent of this subchapter to replace all legislator members of executive branch boards and commissions with appointees …

(a) As soon as possible after April 13, 1999, the appointing authorities shall replace members of the General Assembly serving on executive branch boards and commissions identified below with persons who are not members of the General Assembly:(1) Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse …

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Financial Transparency Act”.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Information technology has evolved to allow unprecedented levels of accessibility to financial information;(2) Information technology allowing access to expenditure information via the internet now exists and is available to state governmen…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Expenditure data” means information provided by a state agency regarding the spending of public funds that adequately identifies the purpose, amount, payor, and vendor, if such disclosure is permissible under the Freedom of Information Act …

(a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall:(1) Establish standards and criteria for each state agency to report financial expenditures;(2) Develop and maintain a database of financial information as set forth in this subchapter; and(3) Develop a website presenting exp…

(a) Each state agency shall:(1) Cooperate with the Department of Finance and Administration in meeting the requirements of this subchapter; and(2) Take actions necessary to provide information under this subchapter. (1) Cooperate with the Department of Finance and Administration …

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) Boycotts and related tactics have become tools of economic warfare that threaten the sovereignty and security of key allies and trade partners of the United States;(2) The State of Israel is the most prominent target of such boycott activit…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) (i) “Boycott Israel” and “boycott of Israel” means engaging in refusals to deal, terminating business activities, or other actions that are intended to limit commercial relations with Israel, or persons or entities doing business in Israel o…

(a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, a public entity shall not:(1) Enter into a contract with a company to acquire or dispose of services, supplies, information technology, or construction unless the contract includes a written certification that the perso…

(a) (1) A public entity through its asset managers shall identify all companies that boycott Israel and assemble those identified companies into a list of restricted companies to be distributed to each retirement system.(2) For each company newly identified and added to the list …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Abortion” means the act of using or prescribing an instrument, medicine, drug, device, or another substance or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those m…

(a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a governmental entity may not enter into a taxpayer resource transaction with an abortion provider or an affiliate of an abortion provider. (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a taxpayer resource …

(a) The office of the Attorney General may investigate and collect information concerning a violation of this subchapter. (b) The Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the State of Arkansas to enjoin a violation of this subchapter.

(1) The General Assembly finds that:(1) It is the duty of the General Assembly to make determinations regarding the use of state personnel and state resources;(2) Making determinations about how state personnel and state resources shall be used is a function of the General Assemb…

(a) (1) The General Assembly may take whatever actions it deems necessary concerning presidential executive orders that may affect the State of Arkansas, its officials, or its financial resources.(2) (A) During the interim between legislative sessions, the Legislative Council may…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Government Interaction with Nonprofit Entities Act”.

The General Assembly finds that this subchapter is needed to prohibit public agencies from disclosing or releasing personal information about membership, volunteers, and financial and nonfinancial donors to 501(c) nonprofit organizations, except as required by law.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Person” means an individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, labor union, business trust, company, corporation, association, committee, or any other organization or group of persons acting in concert;(2) “Personal i…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a public agency may not:(1) Require a person to provide the public agency with personal information or otherwise compel the release of personal information;(2) Require an entity exempt from federal income tax under Section…

A person that knowingly violates this subchapter is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Divisive concept” means the concept that:(i) One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;(ii) The State of Arkansas or the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist;(iii) An individual, by virtue of his or her race o…

(a) A state entity shall not teach, instruct, or train any employee, contractor, staff member, or any other individual or group, to adopt or believe any divisive concepts. (b) No employee of the State of Arkansas shall face any penalty or discrimination on account of his or her r…

The administrative head of all state entities shall review their respective grant programs and identify programs for which the state entity may, as a condition of receiving such a grant, require the recipient to certify that it will not use state funds or assets to promote a divi…

(a) (1) The fair and equal treatment of individuals is an inviolable principle that must be maintained in the state workplace.(2) The administrative head of each state entity shall use his or her authority to ensure that the state entity, state entity employees during work hours,…

(a) All training programs for state entity employees relating to diversity or inclusion shall, before being used, be reviewed by the respective state entity for compliance with this subchapter. (b) If a contractor provides a training for state entity employees relating to diversi…

(a) (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent state entities from promoting racial, cultural, or ethnic diversity or inclusiveness, provided such efforts are consistent with the requirements of this subchapter.(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit discu…

(a) The General Assembly declares that this act is necessary:(1) To create a structure of state government which will be responsive to the needs of the people of this state and sufficiently flexible to meet changing conditions;(2) To establish executive authority over those areas…

(1) Nothing in this act shall apply to state boards that license the professions of the healing arts under the following statutes:(1) Chiropractics, § 17-81-101 et seq.;(2) Dentistry, § 17-82-101 et seq.;(3) Medicine and surgery, § 17-95-201 et seq.;(4) Nursing, § 17-87-101 et se…

This act shall not affect the orders, rules, regulations, and standards made or promulgated before February 4, 1971, by any department, institution, division, bureau, board, commission, council, or other agency, the functions, powers, and duties of which have been herein assigned…

(a) (1) When any department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, is transferred to a principal department under a type 1 transfer, that department, institution, or other agency, or part thereof, shall be administered under the direction and supervision of that principa…

(a) Under this act, a type 2 transfer means the transferring of all or part of an existing department, institution, or other agency to a principal department established by this act. When all or part of any department, institution, or other agency is transferred to a principal de…

(a) Under this act, a type 3 transfer means the abolishing of an existing department, institution, or other agency and the transferring of all or part of its powers, duties, and functions, records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other …

(a) Under this act, a type 4 transfer means the transferring of all or part of an existing department, institution, or other agency to a principal department established by this act in the following circumstances:(1) When all or part of any department, institution, or other agenc…

Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act or by any operative law, whenever, pursuant to existing law, reports, certifications, applications, or requests are required or permitted to be made to a department, institution, division, bureau, board, commission, council, or o…