---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE EXEMPTIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM ACTIONS BY CREDITORS AND REPRESENTATIVES."
description: "TO AMEND THE EXEMPTIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM ACTIONS BY CREDITORS AND REPRESENTATIVES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudson", "R. Murdock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-27T20:36:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:22:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e31aadf3-a0ed-4727-a254-a6e983fab39f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5a1d9ececab2e8f44df2b5dade57f4b927ae765d23675d7cb7ec0964c4d4b77e"
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 1313 (2023) — TO AMEND THE EXEMPTIONS OF LIFE INSURANCE PROCEEDS FROM ACTIONS BY CREDITORS AND REPRESENTATIVES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=579.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1313-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1313-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1313-S1.pdf)
5. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1313-S2.pdf)
6. **HB 1313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1313.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hudson — primary (person)
- R. Murdock — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27T20:36:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T19:52:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T14:34:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-13T14:34:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13T16:35:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T19:35:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:53:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T19:53:44+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:09:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T19:52:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T21:51:21+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-28T21:51:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T14:14:13+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-08T14:14:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T14:14:23+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-08T19:40:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T19:40:23+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:36:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T19:44:25+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-27T19:44:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T19:44:35+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T22:37:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T22:38:00+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T21:52:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T22:16:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:16:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-06T00:30:16+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-06T00:30:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:20:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:55:11+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:55:18+00:00** Senate amendment # 2 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:55:21+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:19:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:22:20+00:00** Notification that HB1313 is now Act 579 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e31aadf3-a0ed-4727-a254-a6e983fab39f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).