---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN POLICE OFFICER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
description: "TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN POLICE OFFICER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1257 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achor", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25T21:50:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:31:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87e14cb-424a-4a89-aca4-8a529d4ff9f8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f0c2aa0cc2ded8488e1eb133fbc5b3f6cbebf921e210ae36328664cfc82aeb39"
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 1257 (2023) — TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN POLICE OFFICER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=535.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1257-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1257-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1257** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1257.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Achor — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T21:50:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T22:33:53+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`
- **2023-02-14T14:32:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:32:38+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14T16:51:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T19:57:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:41:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:37:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:37:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:47:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T19:52:11+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T19:52:17+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-04T21:39:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T22:03:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:03:51+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:28:51+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:28:56+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:21:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:57:36+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:57:38+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:18:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:31:13+00:00** Notification that HB1257 is now Act 535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87e14cb-424a-4a89-aca4-8a529d4ff9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).