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

Act 655 of 2025 (SB 497) Required employers with 50 or more employees to display a veterans benefits and services poster

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Expands benefits Requires larger employers to post the veterans benefits and services available in Arkansas.

Enacted Ark. Code Ann. § 11-2-126: the Department of Labor and Licensing, with the Department of Veterans Affairs, creates a poster covering veterans programs, mental health treatment, education, tax benefits, the licence designation, unemployment insurance, legal services and the Veterans Crisis Line, and employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees must display it. Approved April 16, 2025; effective August 5, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Act 655
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Dave WallaceSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 19
  • Jason NazarenkoSponsor, Republican, House, District 4
  • Clarke TuckerCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 14

What it touches

  • Ark. Code Ann. § 11-2-126

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Official record

Read Act 655 of 2025 (SB 497) on the jurisdiction's own record