---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 264; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER."
description: "TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 264; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 485"
citation: "Arkansas SB 485 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holcomb", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T16:12:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:31:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f928303e-5e13-49c3-8027-759cf61f10d8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "843b705527a9489c50eadbe05397bdb23bf279d4aa2eae1161697c1ff6e0a28d"
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 485 (2023) — TO AMEND ACTS 2023, NO. 264; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSES OF THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=709.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 485** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB485.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holcomb — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T16:12:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T18:39:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T19:51:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31T00:25:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T00:25:43+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-31T01:11:48+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:46:54+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`
- **2023-04-04T16:39:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T20:32:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:32:29+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:16:23+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:16:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:59:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:59:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:31:15+00:00** Notification that SB485 is now Act 709 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f928303e-5e13-49c3-8027-759cf61f10d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).