---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH TRAINING GUIDELINES AND DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR FIELD AUDITORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION."
description: "TO ESTABLISH TRAINING GUIDELINES AND DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR FIELD AUDITORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1826"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1826 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Cavenaugh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T13:31:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T17:00:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcaf385a-e6ae-41aa-8aa4-4a12d0197134"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5b16deb6ecea33f406fda30737df8b8803fb448da32a89ca1743db67d6b5b0d2"
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 1826 (2023) — TO ESTABLISH TRAINING GUIDELINES AND DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR FIELD AUDITORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=557.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1826** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1826.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T13:31:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T13:48:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T02:15:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T00:21:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:55:19+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T18:00:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T21:23:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:23+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:11:02+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T17:00:48+00:00** Notification that HB1826 is now Act 557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcaf385a-e6ae-41aa-8aa4-4a12d0197134`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).