---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1017"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1017 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "B. Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-11-20T20:27:19+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T16:24:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d093daec-8696-4ec5-b521-8af8c641ff54"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7ae71df45cc757896875a2949631d1cf34e950601276875c99a0d5b00553b6ca"
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 1017 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PAID MATERNITY LEAVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PAY FOR INCURRED COSTS FOR APPROVED PAID MATERNITY LEAVE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 904** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=904.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1017-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1017-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1017-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1017** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1017.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Collins — primary (person)
- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales Worthen — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-20T20:27:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-13T20:56:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16T14:43:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-16T14:43:36+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-16T22:36:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-23T14:33:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-01-23T14:33:09+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-23T16:25:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T13:33:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-31T13:33:43+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:01:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T18:39:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09T20:19:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T04:22:43+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-10T04:22:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T18:08:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16T14:28:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T14:28:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T15:41:42+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T15:41:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T15:41:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-21T16:24:44+00:00** Notification that HB1017 is now Act 904 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d093daec-8696-4ec5-b521-8af8c641ff54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).