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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CLARIFY THAT A MAYOR OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS IS ENTITLED TO COUNT PREVIOUS OR SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF SERVICE IN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SAME CITY TOWARD THE MAYOR'S RETIREMENT."
+description: "TO CLARIFY THAT A MAYOR OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS IS ENTITLED TO COUNT PREVIOUS OR SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF SERVICE IN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SAME CITY TOWARD THE MAYOR'S RETIREMENT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1203"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1203 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Warren"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-23T22:33:07+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-10T21:08:33+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a4125d-7bb5-4459-b6b3-59c5983a7681"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "a293c32a3c874993beacb18bfe7928e6e975916d469c6fb104c351cabf692437"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1203 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THAT A MAYOR OF A CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS IS ENTITLED TO COUNT PREVIOUS OR SUBSEQUENT YEARS OF SERVICE IN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SAME CITY TOWARD THE MAYOR'S RETIREMENT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=496.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1203-H1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1203** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1203.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hickey — primary (person)
+- Warren — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-23T22:33:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-01-23T22:55:08+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27T15:51:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-28T13:29:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-28T13:29:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-28T16:19:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-29T18:59:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29T23:23:41+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-03-29T23:23:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-04T20:17:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T20:17:06+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2023-04-04T22:18:47+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-04T22:18:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-05T14:08:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-10T21:08:33+00:00** Notification that HB1203 is now Act 496 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08a4125d-7bb5-4459-b6b3-59c5983a7681`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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