---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS FROM CERTAIN WATER PERMIT ACTIONS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS FROM CERTAIN WATER PERMIT ACTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1015"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1015 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. McKee", "McGrew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-12-01T21:30:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-09T16:15:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7505557f-7d01-4aec-b827-3ac4d925f45a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5fcd923e59bc2cd47dd7f47362238a4e8ee7b3c4ce5fd59cf590df5611ea2a01"
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 1015 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS WATER AND AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ACT; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATIONS FROM CERTAIN WATER PERMIT ACTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 46** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=46.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1015-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1015** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1015.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. McKee — primary (person)
- McGrew — primary (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01T21:30:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:52:37+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T14:31:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-18T14:31:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-18T15:51:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-24T16:55:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T19:51:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:58:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-25T20:59:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T19:13:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06T19:31:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T19:31:24+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-06T20:14:18+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-06T20:14:25+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-06T20:48:55+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-09T16:15:54+00:00** Notification that HB1015 is now Act 46 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7505557f-7d01-4aec-b827-3ac4d925f45a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).