---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE COURT SYSTEM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY."
description: "TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE COURT SYSTEM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1245 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25T17:11:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-09T22:23:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9f1fd54-cecb-4aa0-a1a2-054e693ec3a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d6c8bf44cdb4629ec7d5b6153dc4e8b6a44a9ac2f97fbf9f83fd9855c4e7d208"
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 1245 (2023) — TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE STUDY OF FINANCIAL MATTERS RELATED TO THE COURT SYSTEM; AND TO REQUIRE CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE STUDY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=38.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1245.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T17:11:02+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T20:06:18+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`
- **2023-01-31T17:22:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T20:23:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T21:45:14+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:45:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06T19:13:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07T20:03:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:03:32+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-07T20:19:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T20:44:42+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-09T22:23:48+00:00** Notification that HB1245 is now Act 38 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9f1fd54-cecb-4aa0-a1a2-054e693ec3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).