republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/hb-1302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO OFFER AND ENSURE COVERAGE OF TRAUMATIC EVENT LICENSED COUNSELING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE A STUDY OF AVAILABILITY FOR PEER SUPPORT ACCESS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS."
description: "TO OFFER AND ENSURE COVERAGE OF TRAUMATIC EVENT LICENSED COUNSELING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE A STUDY OF AVAILABILITY FOR PEER SUPPORT ACCESS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1302"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1302 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Wing"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-26T21:22:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:32:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49cb4533-9495-4b6f-b8cb-4bcbfad211d3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "50b9d1fb3bc6030efe24509de00299c3a815023e52ade3c86898b5b26ff2c2db"
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 1302 (2023) — TO OFFER AND ENSURE COVERAGE OF TRAUMATIC EVENT LICENSED COUNSELING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES; AND TO REQUIRE A STUDY OF AVAILABILITY FOR PEER SUPPORT ACCESS FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=537.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1302-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1302-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment H3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1302-H3.pdf)
5. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1302-S1.pdf)
6. **HB 1302** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1302.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T21:22:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:51:28+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`
- **2023-02-20T14:29:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-20T14:29:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-20T18:42:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T14:38:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T14:38:26+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T16:37:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T18:38:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 3 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:34:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:34:28+00:00** Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:38:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T19:42:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:11:56+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:12:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:56:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T19:52:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T19:52:37+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-04T21:39:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T22:13:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:13:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:29:47+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:29:53+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:10:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:26:00+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:26:04+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:19:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:32:25+00:00** Notification that HB1302 is now Act 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49cb4533-9495-4b6f-b8cb-4bcbfad211d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).