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Arkansas HouseHB1974

TO PROHIBIT STATE ENTITIES FROM EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO ESTABLISH THE E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT ACT; AND TO REQUIRE STATE ENTITIES TO USE E-VERIFY TO CONFIRM EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY.

Passed 76–20Party-line

What it does: Requires state agencies and political subdivisions to verify new hires through E-Verify, bars employing unauthorized aliens, and lets the Department of Labor and Licensing request verification records, with a 30-day cure period for noncompliance starting July 1, 2026. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

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The tally

Yes 76 · No 20 · Not voting 4

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats0190
Republicans7614

Most Democrats voted no; most Republicans voted yes. 1 member voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (100)

Yes 76

No 20

Not voting 4

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.