---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW ALLOWING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW ALLOWING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1017 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-05T15:12:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-30T22:16:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae0b585-0318-4a7a-af95-1a922a7c9deb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "99d31dfd650458e15fdf9a8490f35702ed3227f9461bd86e9e8d8d48b83027aa"
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 1017 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW ALLOWING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES TO TAKE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 20** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=20.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1017** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1017.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T15:12:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:54:43+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T17:08:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T19:52:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T21:11:08+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-23T21:12:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:08:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T17:05:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T17:05:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:03:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:03:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-01-26T20:04:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-01-30T22:16:02+00:00** Notification that HB1017 is now Act 20 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ae0b585-0318-4a7a-af95-1a922a7c9deb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).