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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT\"."
+description: "TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT\"."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1731"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1731 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "J. Payton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-27T21:30:05+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T15:22:37+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05dfe255-599e-454e-bc5b-aa30a540fbcd"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "4991919bb02a7d5acff72fff6a14da17d1e41162aa47af5f19bf774af64681f7"
+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 1731 (2023) — TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF "FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT".
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=829.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1731.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Cooper — primary (person)
+- J. Payton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-27T21:30:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-27T23:05:15+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T18:26:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T20:44:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T00:49:40+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-04T00:49:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T19:36:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T19:46:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:06:00+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:06:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:34:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-13T15:22:37+00:00** Notification that HB1731 is now Act 829 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05dfe255-599e-454e-bc5b-aa30a540fbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+