---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LEAVE TIME FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS; AND TO ADD MILITARY LEAVE FOR FULL-TIME DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LEAVE TIME FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS; AND TO ADD MILITARY LEAVE FOR FULL-TIME DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1703"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1703 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrews", "C. Tucker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T17:12:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:30:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6818c203-2eb3-4c00-a840-74f9567fb532"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "960a1ffc15fd6e4f8d703654ce9dc780e97b86789f836920a64c003f7752ec74"
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 1703 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LEAVE TIME FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS; AND TO ADD MILITARY LEAVE FOR FULL-TIME DEPUTY SHERIFFS, MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=529.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1703-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1703-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1703** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1703.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrews — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T17:12:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:57:59+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T13:31:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:31:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:21:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T17:03:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:34:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:34:11+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:38:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T19:40:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:19:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:19:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:48:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:38:10+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:28:27+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-05T21:28:29+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:22:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:30:41+00:00** Notification that HB1703 is now Act 529 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6818c203-2eb3-4c00-a840-74f9567fb532`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).