---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SICK LEAVE FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SICK LEAVE FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1717"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1717 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowery"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11T21:39:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:18:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09011cf-9290-40a7-a245-23468ad96b8a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "61e858001e6dfa1f88787073d1cd2cfcb96fdf89193e1c514aab21268e110a29"
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 1717 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SICK LEAVE FOR MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1717-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1717** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1717.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowery — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-03-11T21:39:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-11T23:38:44+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T21:55:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23T13:32:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-23T13:33:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23T15:14:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T18:34:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T23:06:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T23:06:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:12:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T19:21:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:21:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:34:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T21:35:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T14:16:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:18:15+00:00** Notification that HB1717 is now Act 655 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c09011cf-9290-40a7-a245-23468ad96b8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).