---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DURATION OF CASH ASSISTANCE."
description: "REGARDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DURATION OF CASH ASSISTANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1401"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1401 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkes", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T14:31:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:44:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8faa2a1-5af2-405e-a724-a4a7f2bf6734"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "abcecb30304a9feaeab4afaea6c43fc0883197736eae1a4cc96cebd5ac8c7de8"
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 1401 (2023) — REGARDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO AMEND THE DURATION OF CASH ASSISTANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=266.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1401.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burkes — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T14:31:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:32:00+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`
- **2023-02-21T17:59:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T20:22:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T23:04:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-22T23:05:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:45:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T19:43:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T19:43:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-09T20:21:46+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-09T20:21:49+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-09T20:51:13+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:44:45+00:00** Notification that HB1401 is now Act 266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8faa2a1-5af2-405e-a724-a4a7f2bf6734`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).