---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FRANCHISE PRACTICES ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FRANCHISE PRACTICES ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1783"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1783 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-29T20:30:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:29:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c2487e0-7110-47e3-a734-33e4f4c21d44"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "07d90bf2cee41fd4cc88cb6555b223f50b7a43085022d2bc1c789d27a43c832e"
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 1783 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS FRANCHISE PRACTICES ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=847.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1783-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1783-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1783** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1783.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- F. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Steimel — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T20:30:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T23:25:44+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T01:33:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T13:30:12+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T13:30:14+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04T16:30:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T00:34:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:51:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:52:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T21:19:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T02:25:54+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T02:26:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T02:26:05+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-06T02:50:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T20:21:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:22:29+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T22:20:15+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T22:20:23+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T14:11:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:52:00+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T15:52:03+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T17:04:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:29:50+00:00** Notification that HB1783 is now Act 847 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c2487e0-7110-47e3-a734-33e4f4c21d44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).