New Arkansas laws taking effect January 1, 2027
6 laws take effect January 1, 2027.
Of the 1,202 bills enacted since 2025, 1,191 have an effective date and 11 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:07 a.m. EDT.
Government (6)
HB 1050 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN POINSETT COUNTY.
How we got this date
Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of sheriff and tax collector in Poinsett County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices.
HB 1137 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN SEARCY COUNTY.
How we got this date
Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of sheriff and tax collector in Searcy County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices.
HB 1196 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of sheriff and tax collector in Montgomery County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 1590 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
TO COMBINE THE OFFICES OF TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR IN WOODRUFF COUNTY.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of treasurer and tax collector in Woodruff County, Arkansas, shall be one (1) office.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 1591 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
TO COMBINE THE OFFICES OF TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR IN ARKANSAS COUNTY.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of treasurer and tax collector in Arkansas County, Arkansas, shall be one (1) office.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
HB 1995 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
TO SEPARATE THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR IN PERRY COUNTY.
How we got this date
The date of the act's main provisions (Section 1).
Section 1: Effective January 1, 2027, the offices of sheriff and tax collector in Perry County, Arkansas, shall be separate offices.
Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Enacted, but not yet dated (11)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2027 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 1185ContingentTO ADOPT THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- HB 1217ContingentTO ESTABLISH THE INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.Compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- HB 1253ContingentTO ADOPT THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL LICENSURE INTERSTATE COMPACT IN ARKANSAS.Compact comes into effect on the date the compact statute is enacted into law in the tenth member state
- HB 1712ContingentTO ESTABLISH THE SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT IN THIS STATE.Compact statute enacted into law in the seventh Member State
- HB 1807ContingentTO AMEND THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT HELD FOR RESALE AND USED FOR RENTAL OR CHARTER; AND TO CLARIFY THE PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR AIRCRAFT HELD FOR RESALE AND USED FOR RENTAL OR CHARTER.First day of the calendar quarter following the effective date of this act
- SB 101ContingentTO ESTABLISH THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE COMPACT.Compact comes into effect on the date it is enacted into law in the seventh Participating State
- SB 111ContingentTO ESTABLISH THE DENTIST AND DENTAL HYGIENIST COMPACT.Compact comes into effect when enacted into law in the seventh Participating State
- SB 119ContingentTO ESTABLISH THE INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT.Enactment of the Compact into law by at least seven states
- SB 533ContingentTO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS BY THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL BOARD; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS LAW TO ALLOW REGULATION AND PURCHASE OF CONSUMABLE HEMP PRODUCTS.Certification of the Attorney General that a final judgment in Bio Gen LLC v. Sanders upholds Acts 2023, No. 629, or Congress delegates authority to states to regulate or ban hemp-derived products, or amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 or the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to exclude intoxicating cannabinoids
- SB 591ContingentTO PROHIBIT RACE-SELECTION ABORTION IN THIS STATE; AND TO CREATE THE RACE DISCRIMINATION BY ABORTION PROHIBITION ACT.Attorney General certifies that Arkansas is enjoined from preventing abortions except to save the life of the pregnant woman, or that the Arkansas Human Life Protection Act or Unborn Child Protection Act have been repealed or amended to allow abortions.
- SB 614ContingentTO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS.Section 1 effective only if SB227 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly is enacted and becomes an act