---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS."
description: "REGARDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1420"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1420 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T22:54:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:45:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aacb01e-78fe-4d15-9f32-452d1b1c8dba"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "214ecea4cdba192eb27ab0140baf3248289eec650d732463f13afa6098df79ef"
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 1420 (2023) — REGARDING EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=268.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1420** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1420.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Duffield — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T22:54:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T22:26:38+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`
- **2023-02-21T18:00:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T20:33:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T23:03:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-22T23:03:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:27:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T20:05:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:05:51+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:45+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:36:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:45:21+00:00** Notification that HB1420 is now Act 268 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aacb01e-78fe-4d15-9f32-452d1b1c8dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).