---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING DISQUALIFICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND TO PROHIBIT A CLAIMANT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM \"GHOSTING\" PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS."
description: "CONCERNING DISQUALIFICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND TO PROHIBIT A CLAIMANT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM \"GHOSTING\" PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1197 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Underwood"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-23T20:16:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:45:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598e74c3-9f1b-4c5d-8c64-01b88c3cc43a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c3e1813a83effd940ca8dcda6cb727c7119d3369faf09691307a8a021729fa15"
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 1197 (2023) — CONCERNING DISQUALIFICATION FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS UNDER THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW; AND TO PROHIBIT A CLAIMANT FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM "GHOSTING" PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=106.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1197-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1197** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1197.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–10** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23T20:16:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-23T22:53:20+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`
- **2023-02-02T14:30:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-02T14:30:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:22:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-07T16:48:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:02:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:59:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-08T21:59:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:24:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T18:48:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:48:53+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:09:35+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:09:37+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T20:41:30+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:45:25+00:00** Notification that HB1197 is now Act 106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598e74c3-9f1b-4c5d-8c64-01b88c3cc43a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).