---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; AND TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER SECTION 14(C) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; AND TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER SECTION 14(C) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1546"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1546 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02T21:09:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:34:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/779238cf-3726-4d2e-b891-fc024ca342cd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "63d5b51834c8b2dadcbdba3db466754d05fa2b313b1d9d6b9201ab33844df65b"
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 1546 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES; AND TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING CERTIFICATES ISSUED UNDER SECTION 14(C) OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 339** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=339.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1546** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1546.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T21:09:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T22:37:39+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`
- **2023-03-07T18:52:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:02:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T22:07:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-08T22:07:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:37:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T19:43:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:44:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:27:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:27:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-17T13:57:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:34:23+00:00** Notification that HB1546 is now Act 339 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/779238cf-3726-4d2e-b891-fc024ca342cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).