---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING; AND TO CREATE THE HOUSING WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 2023."
description: "TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING; AND TO CREATE THE HOUSING WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1196"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1196 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Underwood"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:15:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T19:18:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e98a49-fc64-46ff-866b-9c917c2089a3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d74ce1998ec7ce3efd510da28e17edd5b868ef67ae8cbd3c886193912fbfd7ae"
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 1196 (2023) — TO MODIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING; AND TO CREATE THE HOUSING WELFARE REFORM ACT OF 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=160.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1196-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1196-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1196** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1196.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **80–15** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Burkes — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T20:15:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T22:53:04+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`
- **2023-02-01T19:29:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T14:34:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:34:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:24:37+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-06T20:17:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T22:28:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T22:28:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:19:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-14T14:19:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:19:37+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-14T19:15:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T19:15:12+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T17:28:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20T20:11:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T20:11:35+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-20T20:59:30+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-20T20:59:36+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:35:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T17:25:56+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-02-23T17:25:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-23T21:45:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-27T19:18:08+00:00** Notification that HB1196 is now Act 160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25e98a49-fc64-46ff-866b-9c917c2089a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).