---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE TO A CANINE RETIRED FROM THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO CREATE RINO'S LAW."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE TO A CANINE RETIRED FROM THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO CREATE RINO'S LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1319"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1319 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30T17:06:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:47:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b03cd74e-589d-402d-aebc-640b8e3fdaff"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fab5199edae5f78f3cf0ff043754c4f470344ec5b4ae8f71a0189f6e9ae64de3"
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 1319 (2023) — TO PROVIDE FOOD AND MEDICAL CARE TO A CANINE RETIRED FROM THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND TO CREATE RINO'S LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=113.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1319** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1319.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30T17:06:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T19:54:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T17:29:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T19:58:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:38:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-09T21:39:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:21:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:22:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:23:01+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:51:24+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:51:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:09:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:47:40+00:00** Notification that HB1319 is now Act 113 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b03cd74e-589d-402d-aebc-640b8e3fdaff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).