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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ABOLISH THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD; TO CREATE THE POSITION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO ABOLISH THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD; TO CREATE THE POSITION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1766"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1766 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Johnson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-28T22:21:43+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T15:26:54+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/342e0e96-ab9f-4211-8324-12fd52952f95"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "55d2504b291640544fb14869d28ef912973989498a30169bc7d4cfb0bff2e72d"
+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 1766 (2023) — TO ABOLISH THE STATE FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION; TO AMEND THE DUTIES AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE ARKANSAS FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BOARD; TO CREATE THE POSITION OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 841** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=841.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1766-H1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1766** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1766.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- L. Johnson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-28T22:21:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-28T22:46:23+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`
+- **2023-03-31T00:52:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T13:46:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-03T13:46:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-03T19:20:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-04T20:44:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T20:44:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-05T03:57:08+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-05T18:05:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T19:29:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
+- **2023-04-05T19:29:36+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T21:25:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T20:08:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T20:08:43+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-06T20:08:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:15:48+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:15:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:13:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-13T15:26:54+00:00** Notification that HB1766 is now Act 841 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/342e0e96-ab9f-4211-8324-12fd52952f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+