---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REGULATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT FRAUD FROM COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS."
description: "TO REGULATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT FRAUD FROM COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1840"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1840 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrews", "M. McKee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03T19:49:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:32:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15196e74-7dfd-49e1-a203-f3abed5120d9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4fe56f28d4ad343705e228fe538525f915a6d008bab7dadbed3ca08b3899b3f3"
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 1840 (2023) — TO REGULATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMIT FRAUD FROM COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=854.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1840** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1840.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrews — primary (person)
- M. McKee — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T19:49:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-04T00:38:32+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`
- **2023-04-04T17:28:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:38:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:56:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:56:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T23:37:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:23+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:07:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:07:40+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:10:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:32:00+00:00** Notification that HB1840 is now Act 854 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15196e74-7dfd-49e1-a203-f3abed5120d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).