---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE RABIES CONTROL ACT RELATED TO THE CONFINEMENT OF AN ANIMAL WHEN A PERSON IS BITTEN TO ALLOW AN OWNER TO CONFINE AN ANIMAL WHO HAS RECEIVED A CURRENT VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE RABIES CONTROL ACT RELATED TO THE CONFINEMENT OF AN ANIMAL WHEN A PERSON IS BITTEN TO ALLOW AN OWNER TO CONFINE AN ANIMAL WHO HAS RECEIVED A CURRENT VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1629"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1629 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Johnson", "Magie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T19:51:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:24:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b5cc396-2e86-4e1a-91a1-61b77548fe53"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fdb2ff56193e45bb04d6bfa5994746817e2e4c7e74fe9c8255a2cc8a70a95fd4"
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 1629 (2023) — TO AMEND THE RABIES CONTROL ACT RELATED TO THE CONFINEMENT OF AN ANIMAL WHEN A PERSON IS BITTEN TO ALLOW AN OWNER TO CONFINE AN ANIMAL WHO HAS RECEIVED A CURRENT VACCINATION AGAINST RABIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=522.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1629-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1629** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1629.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Johnson — primary (person)
- Magie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T19:51:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T22:03:58+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T17:07:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T13:29:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T13:30:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27T16:47:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-28T19:04:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T22:21:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-28T22:21:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:38:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:27:53+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:27:55+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:23:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:24:01+00:00** Notification that HB1629 is now Act 522 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b5cc396-2e86-4e1a-91a1-61b77548fe53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).