---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF CITY ATTORNEYS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY IN MAYOR-COUNCIL CITIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF CITY ATTORNEYS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY IN MAYOR-COUNCIL CITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1335"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1335 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T19:10:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:48:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20cc226-1b16-46ee-9352-5dc7f7a6b641"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "84d549413a5784d4bb709caba1156b1b5dd815ac5e4549207388723e75e4eb88"
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 1335 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF CITY ATTORNEYS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY IN MAYOR-COUNCIL CITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=116.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1335** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1335.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T19:10:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T22:21:32+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`
- **2023-02-08T17:32:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T20:08:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:41:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-09T21:41:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:19:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:32:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:32:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:52:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:52:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:09:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:48:33+00:00** Notification that HB1335 is now Act 116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b20cc226-1b16-46ee-9352-5dc7f7a6b641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).