On Thursday, the Arkansas House passed several bills. HB1312 amends public school funding by increasing the per pupil amount by 5%, raising it to $8,162 for the 2025-2026 school year.

The House also passed HB1974, which mandates that state entities use E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility. Another bill, HB1806, gives parents the right to review and opt out of selected library media materials for their children.

Additionally, the House passed HB1975, creating the Child Content Creation Protection Act. This bill sets guidelines for how children should be compensated and protected when their image is used by a parent or guardian for activities like vlogging, podcasting, social media influencing, or streaming, where compensation is received.

The House passed HB1332 which requires the Arkansas Medicaid Program to evaluate claims for diagnoses frequency of obesity-related conditions and present the costs.

The House will reconvene on Monday at 1:30 p.m.