---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; AND CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING."
description: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; AND CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1248"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1248 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tosh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b0076a-206b-47a2-92b8-b28da5a81536"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a1d4fd4adfe50d224c3bd5e0d95a6b003c85afca8bd3f0169b58ee5784baca80"
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 1248 (2019) — CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; AND CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1248** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1248.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Received from the House.
- **2019-02-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2019-02-12** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-12** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-02-13** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-02-15** Notification that HB1248 is now Act 151 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54b0076a-206b-47a2-92b8-b28da5a81536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).