---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE CONSISTENCY AMONG STATUTES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE CONSISTENCY AMONG STATUTES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1175"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1175 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Underwood"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T18:02:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:38:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bc45c21-b61b-4e1b-b384-1420332383c9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "15cbd911923f822b8ea4704799d05d5648d29461ed2ea23685ad1b2eb8feb7af"
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 1175 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW TO CREATE CONSISTENCY AMONG STATUTES CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND MUNICIPAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=103.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1175.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19T18:02:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-19T22:39:56+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`
- **2023-02-01T19:28:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T17:23:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T19:20:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T19:20:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:20:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T19:51:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T19:52:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:50:01+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:50:04+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:10:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:38:50+00:00** Notification that HB1175 is now Act 103 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bc45c21-b61b-4e1b-b384-1420332383c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).