---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE FAST-TRACK PERMITS ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE FAST-TRACK PERMITS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1207"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1207 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Underwood"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-24T16:49:13+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:08:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fab6380b-e3d3-4166-9b91-84f47e748ccb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "01be67b299851f0efbed4cc9097f88bf056096a17bdcd166ce6e74540aecbb5e"
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 1207 (2023) — TO CREATE THE FAST-TRACK PERMITS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=497.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1207-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1207.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T16:49:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-24T19:56:26+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`
- **2023-02-21T14:31:02+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-21T14:31:05+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21T16:10:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T22:55:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T13:34:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-14T13:34:06+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-14T15:07:04+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T19:09:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T23:50:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-15T23:50:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:26:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:16:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:16:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:47:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T00:04:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T00:04:51+00:00** Returned to The House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:03:58+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:04:11+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T16:39:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:23+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-04T19:00:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:07:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:08:50+00:00** Notification that HB1207 is now Act 497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fab6380b-e3d3-4166-9b91-84f47e748ccb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).