---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OPERATING A CHOP SHOP; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DEALING IN STOLEN OR FORGED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS."
description: "TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OPERATING A CHOP SHOP; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DEALING IN STOLEN OR FORGED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1503 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-24T22:42:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:19:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d770061-9a07-43cf-b805-5764496f4253"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3d999e6429c9ae40c6d84496b789c59e79b86407a98482c30da70614567952f9"
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 1503 (2023) — TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF OPERATING A CHOP SHOP; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF DEALING IN STOLEN OR FORGED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=508.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1503.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24T22:42:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T23:05:27+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`
- **2023-03-28T23:01:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:31:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T23:26:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-29T23:26:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:59:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:53+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:09:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:19:14+00:00** Notification that HB1503 is now Act 508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d770061-9a07-43cf-b805-5764496f4253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).