---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1615 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T21:45:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:53:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/497e4f77-4245-4c52-99c5-557bcc713b86"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ada38c45999d0e4db3096ea592f0b2c46f7ffeac29190c81a1cb4b8219e083ec"
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 1615 (2023) — TO CREATE THE CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=733.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1615-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1615** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1615.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T21:45:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T23:01:29+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`
- **2023-03-28T13:34:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T13:34:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28T16:20:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T18:53:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:26:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:24:56+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:25:02+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:16:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:53:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:54:07+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:00:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:00:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:16:18+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:53:51+00:00** Notification that HB1615 is now Act 733 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/497e4f77-4245-4c52-99c5-557bcc713b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).