---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 4 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 4 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1278 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26T18:54:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:46:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc58ac88-56e5-4964-a970-0c4f2d8397b5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6c8cb261463d3e92ce6da9f2840c393005daac2bbcc1bfd6946a1ad6f23a1099"
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 1278 (2023) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 4 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=108.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1278** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1278.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T18:54:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:43:24+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`
- **2023-02-09T17:18:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13T19:59:28+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-02-13T19:59:29+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-02-13T19:59:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T19:59:31+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-13T21:35:26+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-13T21:35:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:23:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-16T18:51:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:51:31+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:09:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:09:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T20:42:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:46:08+00:00** Notification that HB1278 is now Act 108 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc58ac88-56e5-4964-a970-0c4f2d8397b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).