---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH ACT; AND PERMITTING THE IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CRIME VICTIM TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE TRIAL OF A PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING THE HOMICIDE."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH ACT; AND PERMITTING THE IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CRIME VICTIM TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE TRIAL OF A PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING THE HOMICIDE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1323"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1323 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "T. Garner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-27T22:42:21+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T21:08:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a543b515-2eb9-4cf8-b4e7-cb542bf0410d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "803b13ccf736a3189ec345acb93b86b97726b19313a9ebb81aec6dc64672d2c2"
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 1323 (2021) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH ACT; AND PERMITTING THE IN-LIFE PHOTOGRAPH OF A CRIME VICTIM TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE TRIAL OF A PERSON ACCUSED OF COMMITTING THE HOMICIDE.

## 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%2FHB1323-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1323-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1323** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1323.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion to Suspend the Rules passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T22:42:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-28T22:27:56+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`
- **2021-03-04T21:19:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T14:37:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:37:33+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:44:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:33:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:34:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:34:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T18:17:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T18:50:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T18:50:28+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-21T18:50:30+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Rules. Motion Failed. Roll Call requested.
- **2021-04-21T18:50:31+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Rules passed.
- **2021-04-21T20:13:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:42:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:44:18+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-22T00:35:04+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-22T00:35:12+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T18:21:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T18:40:06+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:40:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T15:10:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T21:08:00+00:00** Notification that HB1323 is now Act 1096 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a543b515-2eb9-4cf8-b4e7-cb542bf0410d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).