---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEFENSES TO PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF OPERATING AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEFENSES TO PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF OPERATING AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2018S2"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1003 (2018S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maddox"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-12"
last_action: "2018-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2690b56-dd24-4496-95f2-4e1963d86934"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6382547d9267c19e5662c0d854d7aecc39b8ac13feb677ec6c4a5ef654bc8218"
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 1003 (2018S2) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DEFENSES TO PROSECUTION FOR A VIOLATION OF OPERATING AN ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC STREET OR HIGHWAY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1003** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2018S2/Public/Searchable/HB1003.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Maddox — 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 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- 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** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **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** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **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 HB1003 is now Act 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2690b56-dd24-4496-95f2-4e1963d86934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).