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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 410 3
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By: Senator B. King 5
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS 9
AND EMPLOYEES; TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT 10
FOR FORMER STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED 11
OFFICIALS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC 16
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE 17
DISCLOSURE OF EMPLOYMENT FOR FORMER 18
STATE EMPLOYEES AND FORMER ELECTED 19
OFFICIALS. 20
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 21, Chapter 8, Subchapter 1, is amended 24
to add an additional section to read as follows: 25
21-8-105. Disclosure by former state employees and former elected 26
officials – Definitions. 27
(a) As used in this section: 28
(1) "Former elected official" includes without limitation a 29
person previously elected to the following offices: 30
(A) Governor; 31
(B) Lieutenant Governor; 32
(C) Secretary of State; 33
(D) Attorney General; 34
(E) Treasurer of State; 35
(F) Auditor of State; 36 SB410
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(G) Commissioner of State Lands; or 1
(H) Member of the General Assembly; 2
(2) "Former state employee" means a person who was previously 3
regularly appointed or employed in a position of state service by a state 4
agency, for which he or she was compensated on a full -time basis; and 5
(3) "State agency" means every department, division, office, 6
board, commission, and institution of this state, including state -supported 7
institutions of higher education. 8
(b)(1) For a period of four (4) years from the end of his or her 9
employment or his or her term of elected office, a former state employee or 10
former elected official shall disclose the following activities to the 11
Arkansas Ethics Commission: 12
(A) Entering into employment with an individual, business, 13
or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state agency or 14
elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of elected 15
office; or 16
(B) Selling a good or commodity to an individual, 17
business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state 18
agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of 19
elected office. 20
(2) The disclosure under subdivision (b)(1) of this section 21
shall be filed within thirty (30) days of the employment or sale. 22
(3) Once the initial disclosure is filed under subdivision 23
(b)(2) of this section, the former state employee or former elected official 24
shall file a disclosure quarterly until he or she: 25
(A) Is no longer employed with an individual, business, or 26
other entity that was awarded a contract by his or her state agency or 27
elected office during his or her employment or his or her term of elected 28
office; 29
(B) Is no longer selling a good or commodity to an 30
individual, business, or other entity that was awarded a contract by his or 31
her state agency or elected office during his or her employment or his or her 32
term of elected office; or 33
(C) Has been a former state employee or former elected 34
official for a period of more than four (4) years from the end of his or her 35
employment or his or her term of elected office. 36 SB410
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(c) The commission shall promulgate rules to implement this section, 1
including without limitation a rule creating the form for the disclosure 2
required under subsection (b) of this section. 3
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