---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 469"
citation: "Arkansas SB 469 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T20:48:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:28:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a6e83e-88a9-43d3-a0ad-52f7043985c9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ea416f71a40a1329cdeb141cfb5f2b13e81a041180da683f7c89e1e4acc75a7e"
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 SB 469 (2023) — TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME IN ARKANSAS; TO ESTABLISH THE VIOLENT CRIME CLEARANCE GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH RESOURCES TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=775.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB469-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 469** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB469.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:48:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T21:52:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:14:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:10:56+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:11:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:39:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T18:44:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T18:44:53+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-03T18:44:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T23:08:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:44:47+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`
- **2023-04-05T04:32:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:22:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:22:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T20:22:23+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:27:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:27:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:31:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:31:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:28:57+00:00** Notification that SB469 is now Act 775 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2a6e83e-88a9-43d3-a0ad-52f7043985c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).