# HB 1958 / Act 848 bill history > *Archived legal-authority source. The public original was independently acquired and preserved on 2026-08-10.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher or court:** Arkansas General Assembly - **URL:** https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&id=HB1958 - **Resolved URL:** https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&id=HB1958 - **Archived:** 2026-08-10, from unauthenticated public access - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed 2026-08-10; retry pending - **Source class:** primary public record or court opinion ## Proposition boundary Act identity, approval, and legislative history. ## Extract This page shows information from a previous legislative session and is presented for archive purposes only. HB1958 - TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO CREATE A POLICY CONCERNING THE AUTHORIZED USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Bill Number: PDF HB1958 Act Number: PDF 848 Status: House -- Notification that HB1958 is now Act 848 Originating Chamber: House Lead Sponsor: S. Meeks Other Primary Sponsor: J. English Introduction Date: 4/1/2025 2:30:12 PM Act Date: 4/17/2025 Meetings Date Meeting Documents 4/7/2025 1:30 PM House Meeting House Video 4/8/2025 10:00 AM Senate State Agencies and Govt'l Affairs Old Supreme Court Video 4/9/2025 1:00 PM Senate Floor Session Senate Chamber Video 4/10/2025 1:00 PM Senate Floor Session Senate Chamber Video 4/14/2025 1:30 PM House Meeting House Video Bill Status History Chamber Date Action Vote House 4/17/2025 3:42:14 PM Notification that HB1958 is now Act 848 House 4/15/2025 9:07:15 AM Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. House 4/14/2025 2:56:34 PM TO BE ENROLLED House 4/14/2025 2:56:31 PM Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. House Votes House 4/10/2025 6:22:40 PM Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 Senate 4/10/2025 4:10:43 PM Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . Senate 4/10/2025 4:10:31 PM Read the third time and passed. Senate Votes Senate 4/9/2025 2:55:21 PM REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED Senate 4/9/2025 2:01:00 PM Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. Senate 4/9/2025 2:00:52 PM Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. Senate 4/8/2025 1:52:51 PM Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 Senate 4/7/2025 8:18:15 PM Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE Senate 4/7/2025 8:18:01 PM Received from the House. House 4/7/2025 4:39:12 PM Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. House Votes House 4/3/2025 1:41:01 PM Returned by the Committee Do Pass House 4/1/2025 8:38:47 PM Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE House 4/1/2025 2:30:17 PM Filed Amendments Chamber No. Sponsor Introduction Date Document Chamber: Senate Amendment Number: S1 J. English 4/8/2025 12:04:55 PM PDF View Previous Versions Subnavigation for Bills – Search by Range – Advanced Search – Recent Activities – Recently Filed – Personalized Bill Tracking – Bills Returned from Committee – Bill Conflicts Report **Wayback failure**: Save Page Now did not return a response during the bounded 2026-08-10 capture pass. Retry pending. ## Notes - Tier: 2 - primary public record or court opinion. - Cited by: [[ACIN AI Policy and CLEST Training Packet]], [[Arkansas Law-Enforcement AI Governance]].