Defense · Arkansas

Arkansas for defense AI workflows

Arkansas in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceSector-specific AI laws
SectorDefense
Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Arkansas's AI laws

LawStatusWhat it covers
Public entity AI use policiesIn forceRequires state agencies, political subdivisions, school districts and colleges to adopt policies on authorized use of AI and automated decision tools.
Ownership of generative AI output and model trainingIn forceGenerally makes the person who supplies the input the owner of content a generative AI tool produces, subject to exceptions such as infringing output.
AI likeness under the Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection ActIn forceExtends publicity rights to a person's photograph, voice or likeness reproduced by AI and used commercially.
Computer-generated child sexual abuse materialIn forceAdds computer-generated images indistinguishable from a real child to possession offenses for sexually explicit material depicting a child.

02 / In this sector

In a defense AI workflow

Arkansas has no comprehensive AI statute, but its 2025 session passed several targeted laws: public bodies must adopt AI use policies, ownership rules for generative AI output, AI likeness rights, and AI-generated child sexual abuse material. State-government AI work runs through a governor's working group and an AI & Analytics Center of Excellence set up in 2024.

Usually asked by

Program office leads and ATO-package owners.

Named alongside

NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.

Sector pagePlanisphere for defense

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

SOURCES

Go back to the source

PRIMARY
HB 1958 (Act 848 of 2025) bill detail

Arkansas State Legislature

PRIMARY
HB 1876 (Act 927 of 2025) bill detail

Arkansas State Legislature

PRIMARY
Governor Sanders Launches AI Working Group

Office of the Governor of Arkansas

SECONDARY
Artificial Intelligence 2025 Legislation

National Conference of State Legislatures

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