---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT\"."
description: "TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF \"FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1731"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1731 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Cooper", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T21:30:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:22:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05dfe255-599e-454e-bc5b-aa30a540fbcd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4991919bb02a7d5acff72fff6a14da17d1e41162aa47af5f19bf774af64681f7"
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 1731 (2023) — TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SERVED BY A DAYCARE CENTER THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE DEFINITION OF "FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT".

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=829.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1731.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Cooper — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T21:30:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T23:05:15+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:26:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:44:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:49:40+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:49:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:36:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:46:03+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:00+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:06:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:34:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:22:37+00:00** Notification that HB1731 is now Act 829 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05dfe255-599e-454e-bc5b-aa30a540fbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).