---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE \"CARMACK'S LAW\"; AND CONCERNING THE ABILITY OF A DISTRIBUTEE OF A SMALL ESTATE TO MAKE BANK DEPOSITS ON BEHALF OF A DECEASED PERSON'S ESTATE."
description: "TO CREATE \"CARMACK'S LAW\"; AND CONCERNING THE ABILITY OF A DISTRIBUTEE OF A SMALL ESTATE TO MAKE BANK DEPOSITS ON BEHALF OF A DECEASED PERSON'S ESTATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1449"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1449 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08T20:42:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-23T20:10:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5065c1ca-e259-4f51-acfd-6ffdb98ed0f6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "18058e9fa2df525e435262e3d497b0151f08479a8a1814fc8c199e06b3e990be"
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 1449 (2021) — TO CREATE "CARMACK'S LAW"; AND CONCERNING THE ABILITY OF A DISTRIBUTEE OF A SMALL ESTATE TO MAKE BANK DEPOSITS ON BEHALF OF A DECEASED PERSON'S ESTATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1449** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1449.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T20:42:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T22:47:55+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`
- **2021-03-04T21:18:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T20:18:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T23:38:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-08T23:39:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:38:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T21:11:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T21:11:59+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:46:12+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T23:46:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-19T18:46:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-23T20:10:22+00:00** Notification that HB1449 is now Act 423 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5065c1ca-e259-4f51-acfd-6ffdb98ed0f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).