---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1713"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1713 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T18:43:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:21:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/643cecce-3dfa-4ab1-811e-2b360fd7df2a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5c666bc81fa107e5d436af969bab4841b13120375f59f4ef8b6a0a1eb5974789"
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 1713 (2023) — TO AMEND THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 826** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=826.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1713** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1713.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

- Perry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T18:43:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T23:00:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T19:56:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:39:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:26:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:26:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:26:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:05:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:05:20+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:34:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:21:43+00:00** Notification that HB1713 is now Act 826 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/643cecce-3dfa-4ab1-811e-2b360fd7df2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).