---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE PAYMENT OF A CLAIM TO DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES OR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY."
description: "TO INCREASE THE PAYMENT OF A CLAIM TO DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES OR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1293"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1293 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrews", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T19:20:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:29:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d595e5c-8cad-4ff5-ba39-6f745ad91e6e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8b0f132c36ec5d25b4e98cb043a49da1aac99f3124cd468705584edb3b589485"
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 1293 (2025) — TO INCREASE THE PAYMENT OF A CLAIM TO DESIGNATED BENEFICIARIES OR SURVIVORS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=414.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1293-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1293-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1293** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1293.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T19:20:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:39:30+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T14:31:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-03T14:31:19+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03T16:08:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-06T14:32:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-06T14:32:32+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:58:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-18T14:50:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T19:23:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T00:28:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T00:28:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T20:00:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:00:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:01:35+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:01:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:05:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:29:08+00:00** Notification that HB1293 is now Act 414 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d595e5c-8cad-4ff5-ba39-6f745ad91e6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).