---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SCRAP METAL RECYCLERS; AND TO CREATE OFFENSES FOR THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SCRAP METAL RECYCLERS; AND TO CREATE OFFENSES FOR THEFT OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF A CATALYTIC CONVERTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1365"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1365 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07T20:18:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:44:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3c7176-43eb-4604-9975-95c03aaee7c8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ffe8c988c880a0606edd171f79d32683dcccea51d5374a561bd47f0d70882a98"
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 1365 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RECORDS MAINTAINED BY SCRAP METAL RECYCLERS; AND TO CREATE OFFENSES FOR 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 264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=264.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1365-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1365-H2.pdf)
4. **HB 1365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1365.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T20:18:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T22:40:31+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T14:41:30+00:00** Re-referred to reassign to transfer to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:32:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:32:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14T16:52:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T14:32:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-27T14:32:52+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:03:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-28T17:34:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T19:58:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:20:39+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:20:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:26:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T20:02:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:04:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:00:54+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:00:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:37:08+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:44:05+00:00** Notification that HB1365 is now Act 264 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3c7176-43eb-4604-9975-95c03aaee7c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).