---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REGULATE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO CLARIFY SUPERVISION OF VOLUNTARY PRODUCTS UNDER THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM."
description: "TO REGULATE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO CLARIFY SUPERVISION OF VOLUNTARY PRODUCTS UNDER THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1160"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1160 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18T19:10:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:28:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/992214f1-0561-4429-a40a-f8c4c89576a3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d051df4d159a2da63ceb8236bbaf67abead44025382cc2bff81c916190eec6a2"
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 1160 (2023) — TO REGULATE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO CLARIFY SUPERVISION OF VOLUNTARY PRODUCTS UNDER THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 533** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=533.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1160-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1160-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1160-H3.pdf)
5. **HB 1160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1160.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T19:10:01+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T22:32:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T14:31:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-08T14:31:13+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T15:49:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T14:30:27+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T14:30:30+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16T16:22:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-14T13:32:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-14T13:32:51+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14T15:06:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T16:56:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T19:49:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:46:23+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:46:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:25:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T21:39:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:39:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:13:08+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:13:10+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:54:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:28:58+00:00** Notification that HB1160 is now Act 533 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/992214f1-0561-4429-a40a-f8c4c89576a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).