---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE AMOUNTS PAID BY QUORUM COURTS FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX REVENUE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS."
description: "TO INCREASE AMOUNTS PAID BY QUORUM COURTS FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX REVENUE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1541"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1541 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02T19:26:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:11:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30aa7737-c8d3-4a1f-abb3-885c5c3a829e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9d8ea19342947c5fe50385d5f7df3c5e3d889e1041770549306f2bc06b9e2538"
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 1541 (2023) — TO INCREASE AMOUNTS PAID BY QUORUM COURTS FOR THE CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX REVENUE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=449.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1541-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1541** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1541.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jean — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T19:26:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T22:34:50+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`
- **2023-03-08T17:31:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T14:30:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T14:30:47+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-09T16:19:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T18:58:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:49:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:49:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:28:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:46:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:47:00+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:10:44+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:10:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:18:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:11:57+00:00** Notification that HB1541 is now Act 449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30aa7737-c8d3-4a1f-abb3-885c5c3a829e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).