---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE; AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO JUMPS FROM A MOVING VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE WHILE FLEEING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE; AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO JUMPS FROM A MOVING VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE WHILE FLEEING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1844"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1844 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-18T20:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T20:28:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/398511c6-c02c-4d1a-835e-b6ae54c8e20c"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "262db0aeac0f514173aff01bd16096e8b66a447e2e308497f3d88143dd41b52c"
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 1844 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE; AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO JUMPS FROM A MOVING VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE WHILE FLEEING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 822** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=822.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1844-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1844** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1844.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T20:32:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-18T21:32:12+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`
- **2025-03-20T19:56:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T19:35:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T00:32:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-04-01T00:32:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T18:46:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T18:54:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-08T18:54:32+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-08T20:00:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T01:43:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T01:44:09+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-10T13:40:11+00:00** Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-14T19:31:26+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T19:31:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T15:04:46+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-04-17T20:28:46+00:00** Notification that HB1844 is now Act 822 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/398511c6-c02c-4d1a-835e-b6ae54c8e20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).