---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AT CERTAIN SCHOOL-SPONSORED SPORTING EVENTS AND ON CAMPUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "TO REQUIRE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AT CERTAIN SCHOOL-SPONSORED SPORTING EVENTS AND ON CAMPUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1643"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1643 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-15T20:25:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:55:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ce9c5a-0a5c-4eea-963d-7deb1799496a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1ec974173b3aeb7edac086a66f98a60e3027269466c786c0fcd66407d97f7a28"
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 1643 (2023) — TO REQUIRE AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS AT CERTAIN SCHOOL-SPONSORED SPORTING EVENTS AND ON CAMPUSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 737** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=737.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1643-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1643** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1643.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15T20:25:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T22:59:28+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T04:05:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T13:55:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T13:55:30+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:22:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T23:10:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:41:49+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:34:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:00:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:47:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:47:30+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:46:49+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:46:56+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:18:39+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:55:05+00:00** Notification that HB1643 is now Act 737 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87ce9c5a-0a5c-4eea-963d-7deb1799496a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).