---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN SEEKING LICENSURE UNDER THE CHILDCARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT."
description: "CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN SEEKING LICENSURE UNDER THE CHILDCARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1155"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1155 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T20:18:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T22:56:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b78625d-60c9-477d-8e3a-377dc0d3a74b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "047ef97589eab2751a3d1e19dba5914f9f96ab586a1726f7c8f440f598355ade"
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 1155 (2023) — CONCERNING THE COMPLIANCE OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES WITH LOCAL REGULATIONS WHEN SEEKING LICENSURE UNDER THE CHILDCARE FACILITY LICENSING ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 60** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=60.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1155-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1155** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1155.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T20:18:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T22:22:09+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T17:04:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T19:48:50+00:00** Motion to rerefer passed
- **2023-01-23T19:48:54+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T14:34:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-01T14:36:15+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01T16:06:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-02T16:57:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T20:24:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T22:29:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T22:29:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T19:22:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09T17:51:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T17:51:50+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:49+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-09T19:07:51+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-09T20:26:34+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-14T22:56:20+00:00** Notification that HB1155 is now Act 60 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b78625d-60c9-477d-8e3a-377dc0d3a74b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).