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HR 1034

TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Brian Evans

H.R. 1034 reorganizes Arkansas House committees to create a larger Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs panel with three permanent subcommittees, expanding i

READ AND ADOPTED.
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Bill Summary · HR 1034

Summary — H.R. 1034 (Arkansas House Resolution, 95th General Assembly, 2025)

Purpose
- H.R. 1034 is a House resolution to amend the Rules of the Arkansas House of Representatives for the 95th General Assembly. Its primary objective is to reorganize and clarify committee structure, membership rules for select and joint committees, and the subject-matter jurisdiction and subcommittee structure of the House Committee dealing with aging, children, military and related matters.

Key provisions (by section)
- Section 1 — House standing committees
- Revises Rule 53(a) to list Class “A” and Class “B” standing committees. Notable placement: the committee is named “Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs” in Class B. Other committees are listed (Education; Judiciary; Public Health, Welfare and Labor; Public Transportation; Revenue and Taxation; Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development; City, County and Local Affairs; Insurance and Commerce; State Agencies and Governmental Affairs).

  • Section 2 — Joint select committees (Rule 53(b))

    • Adds/clarifies joint committee listings and membership sizes, including:
    • Joint Budget: 24 House members and 24 Senate members (House members collectively known as the House Budget Committee), plus specified ex‑officio members.
    • Joint Committee on Energy: 15 House members, 15 House alternates, and 10 Senate members.
    • Joint Committee on Public Retirement and Social Security Programs: 10 House members, 10 House alternates, and 10 Senate members.
    • Joint Performance Review Committee: 20 House members and 10 Senate members.
    • Joint Committee on Advanced Communications and Information Technology: 10 House members, 10 House alternates, and 7 Senate members.
    • Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs: 12 House members, 12 House alternates, and 8 Senate members.

  • Section 3 — Limit on select committee service (Rule 54(b)(4))

    • Retains the rule that no House member shall serve on more than one select committee, but explicitly excludes several bodies from that limit. The excluded bodies now include the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs (in addition to Legislative Council, Legislative Joint Auditing Committee, House Budget Committee, House Committee on the Journal; Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, and the House Management Committee).

  • Section 4 — Committee jurisdiction (Rule 64(a)(6))

    • Expands/clarifies subject-matter jurisdiction for the House Committee on “Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative and Military Affairs” to explicitly include: matters pertaining to the aged; child custody and adoptions; problems of aging; children and youth; military and veterans matters; legislative affairs; memorials; and any matters not clearly germane to some other standing committee.

  • Section 5 — Permanent subcommittees (Rule 64(b)(1))

    • Creates three permanent subcommittees for the enlarged committee:
    • Aging
    • Children and Youth
    • Legislative, Military and Veterans Affairs

Who or what is affected
- Members of the Arkansas House of Representatives (committee assignments and eligibility rules).
- Joint House–Senate committees (membership composition and formal recognition of a Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs).
- The House Committee handling aging, children, military and veterans issues (broader jurisdiction and new subcommittee structure).
- Legislative workflow for bills, resolutions, oversight, and memorials that relate to these topic areas.

Procedural / timeline notes
- Introduced (filed): February 5, 2025.
- Read and adopted early in the session (record shows “READ AND ADOPTED” and additional actions placing it on calendars and adopted on May 23, 2025).
- This is an internal rules resolution — it changes House procedures and committee structures and takes effect upon adoption by the House.

Potential effects and considerations
- Consolidates military and veterans oversight with aging and children/youth matters under one standing committee, with dedicated subcommittees; could centralize related policy and oversight but may increase workload for that committee.
- Establishes explicit joint-committee membership counts (including alternates), which clarifies appointment planning and representation.
- By exempting the Joint Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs from the one–select-committee limit, members may serve on that joint body in addition to one select committee, potentially increasing legislative participation in military/veterans oversight.

Sponsors and record
- Version text identifies Representative Evans as the sponsor. Legislative record supplied by the requester also lists Sylvester Turner and Morgan Luttrell among sponsors in one entry; the resolution text itself is credited to Representative Evans.
- Status: Reported enrolled and adopted by the House (final actions recorded in May 2025).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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