---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1808"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1808 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "C. Tucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-17T18:21:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-16T20:59:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c2cdedc-294d-48d1-920a-8d65966d1482"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e8fbbf9723dbc16e80806a522ffc2aa7898fed839a46fdabd2a8091533989269"
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 1808 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS; AND TO CREATE THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 686** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=686.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1808-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1808-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1808** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1808.pdf)

## Sponsors

- A. Collins — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-17T18:21:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-17T23:48:27+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`
- **2025-03-19T21:03:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20T13:45:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-20T13:45:07+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-20T15:42:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-31T19:16:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:28:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:28:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T18:24:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T13:47:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T13:47:44+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-07T18:28:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T03:12:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T03:12:48+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T15:57:51+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-10T19:39:43+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:39:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T19:39:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-16T20:59:54+00:00** Notification that HB1808 is now Act 686 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c2cdedc-294d-48d1-920a-8d65966d1482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).