---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REGULATE MEETINGS, INTERNAL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, AND REPORTS TO ADDRESS A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING, OR A CYBERATTACK ON, A PUBLIC ENTITY."
description: "TO REGULATE MEETINGS, INTERNAL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, AND REPORTS TO ADDRESS A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING, OR A CYBERATTACK ON, A PUBLIC ENTITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1555"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1555 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "S. Meeks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-06T20:23:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:19:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fd018e4-ee6f-4fd5-abc3-16ccb255926d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d4e0848dd6a7f597acd68f8493ffcff4357421cc422e5a5d52186588c5fec839"
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 1555 (2023) — TO REGULATE MEETINGS, INTERNAL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES, AND REPORTS TO ADDRESS A CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT INVOLVING, OR A CYBERATTACK ON, A PUBLIC ENTITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 510** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=510.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1555-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1555** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1555.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)
- S. Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T20:23:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T22:28:49+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T18:28:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T13:32:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-14T13:32:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14T15:06:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T18:58:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T00:00:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T00:00:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:20:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:19+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:35+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:09:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:19:52+00:00** Notification that HB1555 is now Act 510 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fd018e4-ee6f-4fd5-abc3-16ccb255926d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).