---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE LAW THAT PROHIBITS LEAVING A RUNNING VEHICLE UNATTENDED."
description: "TO REPEAL THE LAW THAT PROHIBITS LEAVING A RUNNING VEHICLE UNATTENDED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Arkansas SB 47 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-14T19:12:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3471204-090d-48b3-a526-49ababcca72e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1b24dcc60c7460b327f214efaedd9d11f87073bb0475ce27765fa9f9f39e484f"
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 47 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE LAW THAT PROHIBITS LEAVING A RUNNING VEHICLE UNATTENDED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=50.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB47.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11T16:01:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11T16:14:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T20:35:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T16:40:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T16:40:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-26T19:02:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-26T22:53:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T17:03:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T21:02:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T21:02:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:21:11+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-06T22:21:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-07T16:10:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-07T16:10:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-14T19:12:25+00:00** Notification that SB47 is now Act 50 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3471204-090d-48b3-a526-49ababcca72e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).