---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1288"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1288 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26T19:24:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:40:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff04435-3e44-4da3-9e7a-2f83d2170529"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "45b456e9ecd680de5e2280118760edbb6868d9245c1c38e5b0b05364e3264fdd"
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 1288 (2023) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=205.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1288-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1288.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T19:24:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:47:10+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T17:19:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T14:28:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:28:04+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:41:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-21T20:06:18+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-02-21T20:06:19+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-02-21T20:06:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:06:21+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-21T22:09:02+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:09:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:34:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T20:33:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:33:52+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:40:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:40:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T14:39:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:40:30+00:00** Notification that HB1288 is now Act 205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cff04435-3e44-4da3-9e7a-2f83d2170529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).