---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING AND STANDARDS; AND TO REQUIRE TRAINING CONCERNING PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS FOR OFFICER CERTIFICATION."
description: "CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING AND STANDARDS; AND TO REQUIRE TRAINING CONCERNING PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS FOR OFFICER CERTIFICATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1396"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1396 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-09T20:18:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:38:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97608844-ed43-429c-b2c3-4a2882473cff"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f0cc0fc17944ea45a99de144eed6a58cefcc7f0fdfac51d31580bb477ce3a61c"
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 1396 (2023) — CONCERNING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING AND STANDARDS; AND TO REQUIRE TRAINING CONCERNING PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS FOR OFFICER CERTIFICATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=202.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1396** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1396.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

- Hill — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-09T20:18:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-09T22:35:41+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`
- **2023-02-20T22:47:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:12:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T22:07:35+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:07:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:35:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T20:38:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:38:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:42:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:42:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T14:38:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:38:42+00:00** Notification that HB1396 is now Act 202 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97608844-ed43-429c-b2c3-4a2882473cff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).