---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS REEMPLOYMENT ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS REEMPLOYMENT ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1575"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1575 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burkes", "C. Penzo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-08T16:38:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:25:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4313c9e7-4929-4e96-9862-e0049388390e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7239564b86d78f8dcf07039180a571b89313f4b5586b7928883c038a2d4e98f8"
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 1575 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS REEMPLOYMENT ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=587.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1575-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1575** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1575.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T16:38:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T22:33:37+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`
- **2023-03-13T13:33:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T13:33:02+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13T15:35:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-14T16:56:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:33:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T23:56:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-15T23:56:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:19:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:07:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:08:15+00:00** Motion to expunge the vote by which HB1575 passed. Motion Carried.
- **2023-04-06T01:08:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:08:38+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:59:48+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:59:50+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:25:58+00:00** Notification that HB1575 is now Act 587 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4313c9e7-4929-4e96-9862-e0049388390e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).