---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCREASE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FOR PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF BOATING OR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT."
description: "TO INCREASE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FOR PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF BOATING OR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1062 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-31T16:53:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bca5a2f8-18a1-445b-8233-36339cd851fe"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "78ba96c25a05647a39c1a1ad94f025633d10b8d45363951362a45f82e487f63d"
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 1062 (2021) — TO INCREASE THE LOOKBACK PERIOD FOR PRIOR CONVICTIONS OF BOATING OR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENTENCE ENHANCEMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1062-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1062** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1062.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-31T16:53:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:26:48+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`
- **2021-01-19T14:33:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-19T14:33:35+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-19T16:15:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-25T21:33:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T20:00:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T22:04:51+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:08:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T19:20:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:33:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:34:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:05:40+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-04T22:05:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-05T16:32:56+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-08T19:03:37+00:00** Notification that HB1062 is now Act 274 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bca5a2f8-18a1-445b-8233-36339cd851fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).