---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLIDAY COMPENSATION, ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE, AND SICK LEAVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLIDAY COMPENSATION, ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE, AND SICK LEAVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1600"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1600 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Tosh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-26T19:19:38+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T18:59:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79710c74-de7d-4f70-8bcd-1af9fb1a5a70"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f7d96288db7f0ec3da7f4f28615063e005444e80c26d6b2c877e06f04167ef0d"
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 1600 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLIDAY COMPENSATION, ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE, AND SICK LEAVE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 317** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=317.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1600-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1600.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26T19:19:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-26T23:34:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T14:33:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:33:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:56:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-05T17:27:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T19:55:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T23:15:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-06T23:15:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T18:45:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T21:14:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T21:15:04+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-12T22:05:01+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-12T22:05:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-13T14:59:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-18T18:59:55+00:00** Notification that HB1600 is now Act 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79710c74-de7d-4f70-8bcd-1af9fb1a5a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).