States/Arkansas

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AI Overview

Arkansas has a regulation score of 2/10 (permissive), with 1 enacted AI law and 5 pending bills. Total tracked lobbying activity: $0.9M. Key companies active: Walmart Global Tech, Dillard's.

Arkansas

Arkansas has enacted minimal AI regulation, focusing instead on encouraging innovation and technology adoption. The legislature passed a narrow law addressing AI-generated deepfakes in elections but has otherwise avoided broad AI mandates.

Permissive Regulation8 Total Bills

Permissive

Enacted

Pending

$0.9M

Lobbying

Key Laws & Legislation

•AR SB 67 - AI-Generated Election Deepfake Prohibition

Key Legislators

Sen. Breanne Davis

Senate · Judiciary Committee Chair

Rep. David Ray

House · Technology Committee Member

Active AI Company Lobbying

Walmart Global TechDillard's

All Arkansas AI Bills (7)

7 bills found

State	Bill	Title	Status	Topics	Last Action
AR	SB 3821	Student AI Privacy and Safety Act	Introduced	education-aideepfakes	2026-04-01
AR	HB 3430	Deepfake Election Integrity Act	In Committee	deepfakes	2026-04-01
AR	SB 4157	AI Clinical Decision Support Regulation Act	Introduced	healthcare-ai	2026-01-16
AR	SB 410	AI Insurance Fairness Act	Introduced	insurance-ai	2025-02-10
AR	HB 1610	AI Government Transparency Act	In Committee	government-ai	2025-01-22
AR	HB 4025	Autonomous Weapons Oversight Act	Introduced	ai-weapons	2024-08-24
AR	HB 576	AI Hiring Transparency Act	Introduced	hiring-ai	2024-04-14

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Last updated: 2026-04-15