AR HB1573

Reduces the number of Arkansas House of Representatives standing committees from the current structure to 10 reorganized committees, including Education; Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General; Public Health and Human Services; Commerce, Insurance, Labor and Licensing, and Public Transportation; Finance and Administration; Veterans and Military Affairs; Agriculture; State Agencies, Transformation, and Shared Services; City, County, Local Affairs, Parks, Heritage, Tourism, and Game and Fish; and Energy, Environment, and Arkansas Public Service Commission

Renames the House Committee on Judiciary to "House Committee on Public Safety, Corrections, and Inspector General" and the House Committee on Revenue and Taxation to "House Committee on Finance and Administration"

Consolidates subject matter areas previously spread across multiple committees, merging topics like aging, children and youth issues into the Public Health and Human Services committee, and combining parks, heritage, tourism, and game and fish with city, county, and local affairs

Updates hundreds of statutory references throughout Arkansas Code to reflect the new committee names and structures, redirecting reporting requirements and rule review responsibilities to the reorganized committees

Grants the Speaker of the House of Representatives authority to assign matters to appropriate committees in many instances where specific House committee assignments were previously mandated by statute