---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REGULATE CERTAIN GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS; TO CREATE THE WORK PROTECTION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC ENTITY FROM ENFORCING OR ENACTING CERTAIN UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAMS."
description: "TO REGULATE CERTAIN GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS; TO CREATE THE WORK PROTECTION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC ENTITY FROM ENFORCING OR ENACTING CERTAIN UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAMS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1681"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1681 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrews", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20T18:07:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:20:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea4b5fd2-ffbd-4202-8449-6967ce9d361c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aa1c974a26fcbeca56edf17d3187d17804e78aa9960bc87ef916a31b9171f833"
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 1681 (2023) — TO REGULATE CERTAIN GUARANTEED INCOME PROGRAMS; TO CREATE THE WORK PROTECTION ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT A PUBLIC ENTITY FROM ENFORCING OR ENACTING CERTAIN UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAMS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=822.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1681-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1681** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1681.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrews — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20T18:07:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:52:45+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`
- **2023-03-28T13:31:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:31:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:20:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T00:52:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:45:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:44:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:45:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:36:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:30:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:30:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:28+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:30+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:37:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:20:32+00:00** Notification that HB1681 is now Act 822 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea4b5fd2-ffbd-4202-8449-6967ce9d361c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).