---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETENTION OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETENTION OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1483"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1483 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22T19:43:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-17T17:25:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a9a043-6ebb-4692-b6f0-a4018317137c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fcc1195821260b7c6b6e16f7de96ac62dc4abef006b3780036f86f1f145664f8"
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 1483 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETENTION OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=297.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1483** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1483.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T19:43:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T22:31:57+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`
- **2023-03-01T17:42:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T19:59:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:51:55+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:52:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:33:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T20:45:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T20:45:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-13T22:04:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-13T22:04:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-14T13:30:31+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-17T17:25:39+00:00** Notification that HB1483 is now Act 297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9a9a043-6ebb-4692-b6f0-a4018317137c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).