---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS NECESSARY TO AVOID FUTURE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SPENDING PENALTIES."
description: "CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS NECESSARY TO AVOID FUTURE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SPENDING PENALTIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "HB 1001"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1001 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pitsch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/979e7441-47fa-4027-83a3-de7b7cae4715"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "25453fbc50642d24a98c0cd884a034e56d42e4a0e79354102417f6b1ea26fb5b"
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 1001 (2018S2) — CONCERNING THE POSSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL IN A MOTOR VEHICLE; AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS NECESSARY TO AVOID FUTURE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SPENDING PENALTIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1001** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2018S2/Public/Searchable/HB1001.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Pitsch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-12** Filed `introduction`
- **2018-03-13** 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`
- **2018-03-13** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-14** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** Received from the House.
- **2018-03-14** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2018-03-15** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2018-03-15** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2018-03-15** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2018-03-19** Notification that HB1001 is now Act 7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/979e7441-47fa-4027-83a3-de7b7cae4715`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).