State AG Pulse | Bless Your Heart, Arkansas
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025...more
On April 3, Arkansas enacted HB 1509 (the “Act”), known as the Arkansas Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act. The Act prohibits financial institutions from using merchant category codes that distinguish firearms retailers...more
On March 20, the Arkansas governor signed into law Arkansas Act 347, known as the Earned Wage Access Services Act. Sponsored by Representative David Ray (R) and Senator Ben Gilmore (R), this legislation aims to regulate...more
Over the past few years there has been a growing national trend of states enacting laws prohibiting public entities in those states from entering into contracts with companies that boycott or discriminate against the energy,...more
We recently posted a note regarding the filing of Senate Bill 41 which would require the divestment of State and local public funds from financial services providers that “discriminate without a reasonable business purpose...more