---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM; TO MODIFY THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM; TO MODIFY THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1626"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1626 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T18:45:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:57:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc10c3b9-5ea1-4038-a501-7006914f6d1a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "88a3d056f94c0bfa452bf967d19f8ebea6062020759d5bb536bd835f14b5f7d2"
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 1626 (2023) — CONCERNING THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM; TO MODIFY THE SELF-INSURED FIDELITY BOND PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=554.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1626** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1626.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T18:45:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T22:09:45+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`
- **2023-03-29T18:37:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:30:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T20:30:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-31T01:44:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:45:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T20:42:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:45:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:45:54+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T18:45:58+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:01:04+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:01:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:17:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:57:22+00:00** Notification that HB1626 is now Act 554 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc10c3b9-5ea1-4038-a501-7006914f6d1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).