---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES\" FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING MOTOR VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES\" FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING MOTOR VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1642"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1642 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Maddox"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-15T20:21:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:18:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf942df0-55cd-4b33-ac52-9954c24b5e76"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b26b78a6ad35672957f3a0acbf63b116f54476672a364b8d7a9835844aa86cbe"
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 1642 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES" FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING MOTOR VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=817.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1642-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1642** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1642.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15T20:21:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T22:59:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:38:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:32:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:33:22+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:33:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:29:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:47:37+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T01:47:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T01:47:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-06T02:47:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T02:47:38+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:00:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:46:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:46:55+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T22:19:18+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T22:19:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T14:05:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:50:26+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T15:50:30+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T17:04:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:18:57+00:00** Notification that HB1642 is now Act 817 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf942df0-55cd-4b33-ac52-9954c24b5e76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).