---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; AND THE USE OF GRANTS FUNDED BY THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; AND THE USE OF GRANTS FUNDED BY THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1603"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1603 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "G. Stubblefield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T18:10:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:17:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d95e650-ebe1-4e2f-8025-74a1f5666127"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b8aca1cb12f4de7c0607f47ea030a7ed81f1a750613f26f43dac823d75a388fb"
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 1603 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; AND THE USE OF GRANTS FUNDED BY THE DRUG CRIME SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=812.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1603** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1603.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–13** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T18:10:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:58:47+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:53:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:21:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:24:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:24:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:16:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:49:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:49:56+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:00:13+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:00:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:29:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:17:23+00:00** Notification that HB1603 is now Act 812 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d95e650-ebe1-4e2f-8025-74a1f5666127`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).