---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF A TOOL ALLOWANCE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF A TOOL ALLOWANCE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1384"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1384 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Joey Carr"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T20:57:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:44:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4e3256-1fc3-48ec-b3a1-270bd0d5b2f8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "427f4842e46952df545a0343501684dfa145f818bd5a9ba9b4e3a0897b6a2801"
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 1384 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF A TOOL ALLOWANCE TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 265** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=265.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1384** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1384.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Joey Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T20:57:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T23:05:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T17:34:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T20:15:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T21:37:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-20T21:37:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:26:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T20:04:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:04:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:13+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:01:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:37:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:44:24+00:00** Notification that HB1384 is now Act 265 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c4e3256-1fc3-48ec-b3a1-270bd0d5b2f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).