---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTHORIZING UNIFORM PURCHASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PURCHASE UNIFORMS FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE."
description: "AUTHORIZING UNIFORM PURCHASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PURCHASE UNIFORMS FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1749"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1749 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Schulz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T18:59:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:25:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70133157-da4c-4e9a-9bfe-9b26229172f1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "03ac523b6dfccc2b1e6b2e12271723cca7c74d79ee0e56bf26f837c0222dfd49"
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 1749 (2023) — AUTHORIZING UNIFORM PURCHASES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO PURCHASE UNIFORMS FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFETY OFFICE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 836** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=836.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1749** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1749.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Schulz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T18:59:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:42:01+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T02:21:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:26:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:45:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:36:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:07:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T15:44:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:44:03+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T16:59:36+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T16:59:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:47:44+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:25:25+00:00** Notification that HB1749 is now Act 836 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70133157-da4c-4e9a-9bfe-9b26229172f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).