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Arkansas / State / 95th General Assembly, 2025 Regular Session

Act 506 of 2025 (HB 1077) Required jails and prisons to check every new inmate's veteran status and notify the Department of Veterans Affairs

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Expands benefits Requires jails and prisons to identify veterans and give VA and the state department access to help them apply for benefits.

Enacted Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-29-121 and 12-41-111: within 14 days of incarceration, verification through VA's Veterans Reentry Search Service; notice to the department within 45 days and on release for a veteran held six months or more; and reasonable access for VA and the department to help the veteran apply for benefits or a veterans treatment court. Approved April 10, 2025; effective August 5, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act 506
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Ashley HudsonSponsor, Democratic, House, District 75
  • Clarke TuckerSponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 14
  • Stetson PainterCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 3
  • Denise Jones EnnettCo-sponsor, Democratic, House, District 80
  • Marcus E. RichmondCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 52
  • Jason NazarenkoCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 4
  • Dwight ToshCo-sponsor, Republican, House, District 38

What it touches

  • Ark. Code Ann. § 12-29-121
  • Ark. Code Ann. § 12-41-111

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Official record

Read Act 506 of 2025 (HB 1077) on the jurisdiction's own record