---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR A DRIVER WHO FAILS TO REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR A DRIVER WHO FAILS TO REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1505"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1505 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "C. Fite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22T17:51:21+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T18:06:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/341488cd-563f-4b20-9aa4-cd626d183393"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8bf62e0225885323a511e608fbb7e8d6d9d00523f0c9d3db3d40479755628284"
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 1505 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR A DRIVER WHO FAILS TO REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTS IN DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY.

## 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%2FHB1505-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1505** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1505.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- C. Fite — primary (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T17:51:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:06:08+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`
- **2021-03-17T13:32:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T13:32:12+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17T16:12:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T23:29:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T18:47:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T23:10:00+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-22T23:10:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:26:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T20:28:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:29:04+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:45:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T13:48:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-05T18:06:33+00:00** Notification that HB1505 is now Act 558 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/341488cd-563f-4b20-9aa4-cd626d183393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).