---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN FIREFIGHTER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
description: "TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN FIREFIGHTER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1313 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-29T21:12:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-25T13:29:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0008c4d3-5f6b-42b0-90a2-ff9b44069a2e"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ba073241a217ddd1800d7de138ed614f574a70c80be02a65948e52a0261daaf5"
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 1313 (2025) — TO EXPAND HEALTH BENEFIT COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN FIREFIGHTER RETIREES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=415.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1313.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-29T21:12:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-29T23:44:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC RETIREMENT & SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS-JOINT `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T14:51:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19T19:30:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T00:28:41+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-20T00:28:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T20:03:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:03:25+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:02:17+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-20T21:02:18+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-21T14:04:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-25T13:29:38+00:00** Notification that HB1313 is now Act 415 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0008c4d3-5f6b-42b0-90a2-ff9b44069a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).