HB2240 Summary

• Adds Arkansas Code 10-2-309 requiring state employees to swear or affirm an oath to tell the truth before testifying under subpoena or voluntarily before any General Assembly committee or subcommittee.

• Defines "state employee" as any public servant or person performing full-time or part-time service for wages, salary, or remuneration paid by the state, excluding elected officials.

• Allows state employees testifying multiple times during a single legislative session to swear the oath once for the entire session term, with notice to the committee chair of prior oath-taking.

• Makes knowingly giving false testimony to a General Assembly committee after affirming the oath a Class A misdemeanor offense.