---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL ACTION TO ELIMINATE THE AVAILABILITY OF PREMISES USED CONTINUALLY IN CRIMINAL OFFENSES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL ACTION TO ELIMINATE THE AVAILABILITY OF PREMISES USED CONTINUALLY IN CRIMINAL OFFENSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1672"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1672 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "Pearce"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T21:20:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:56:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e764cd31-973d-4fb5-86a8-6d7bd9f6a75f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "95ffc6d1ae7c8be83bb018814fe3b6860003ad7ce667422bd44c7c186fcae179"
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 1672 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL ACTION TO ELIMINATE THE AVAILABILITY OF PREMISES USED CONTINUALLY IN CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 741** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=741.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1672** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1672.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- Pearce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T21:20:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-16T21:48:22+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`
- **2023-03-28T23:00:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:36:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:18:15+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:18:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:13:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:24:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:24:41+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:15+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:04:17+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:37:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:56:13+00:00** Notification that HB1672 is now Act 741 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e764cd31-973d-4fb5-86a8-6d7bd9f6a75f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).