---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1742"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1742 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T16:43:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:23:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14081d33-19dd-41cc-b524-beb3cac82773"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "601e29979486bfd7c250a6a5f793225464eea46ad110bcc08f1b59b35e49be48"
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 1742 (2023) — TO TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRANSITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=832.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1742** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1742.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- McCollum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T16:43:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T22:40:26+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:26:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:45:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T20:45:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-04T00:48:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:48:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:35:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:55:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:55:12+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T19:55:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:38+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:33:00+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:23:30+00:00** Notification that HB1742 is now Act 832 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14081d33-19dd-41cc-b524-beb3cac82773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).