AR HB1806

Requires any person testifying under subpoena or voluntarily before a General Assembly committee to swear or affirm an oath to tell the truth before testifying.

Specifies the oath procedure: witness must raise right hand and answer affirmatively to the question "Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give before the General Assembly or committee or subcommittee of the General Assembly is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?"

Allows a person testifying multiple times or before multiple committees during a single legislative session to swear the oath only once for that session, provided they notify the committee chair before subsequent testimony that they are testifying under oath.

Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to testify before a General Assembly committee without affirming the oath required by this section.

Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to knowingly give false testimony to a General Assembly committee after affirming the oath.