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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 469"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 469 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-23T20:48:31+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T13:28:57+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a6e83e-88a9-43d3-a0ad-52f7043985c9"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "ea416f71a40a1329cdeb141cfb5f2b13e81a041180da683f7c89e1e4acc75a7e"
+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 SB 469 (2023) — TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=775.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB469-S1.pdf)
+3. **SB 469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB469.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Tucker — primary (person)
+- Gazaway — primary (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23T20:48:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-23T21:52:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T18:14:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30T19:10:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-30T19:11:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-03-30T21:39:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-03T18:44:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03T18:44:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-03T18:44:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-04-03T23:08:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-04-04T00:44:47+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T04:32:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-06T20:22:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T20:22:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-06T20:22:23+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T23:27:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T23:27:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:31:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:31:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12T13:28:57+00:00** Notification that SB469 is now Act 775 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a6e83e-88a9-43d3-a0ad-52f7043985c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+