---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1503"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1503 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clowney", "Hester"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T20:12:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-18T18:58:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6524338f-0d99-49a1-8fd1-704b3ba3a691"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "35517d3654e44df1bf66f531df4b306918b744732570d6c396897cfd8531aeff"
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 1503 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS; AND TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE REGULATION OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=313.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1503-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1503** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1503.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Clowney — primary (person)
- Hester — primary (person)
- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T20:12:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T23:23:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T14:35:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-04T14:35:36+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-04T16:58:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-05T17:27:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T23:12:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-06T23:12:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T18:44:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T21:00:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T21:00:22+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-12T22:03:45+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-12T22:03:47+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-13T13:28:16+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-18T18:58:20+00:00** Notification that HB1503 is now Act 313 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6524338f-0d99-49a1-8fd1-704b3ba3a691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).