---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM COMMUNITY PROPERTY DISPOSITION AT DEATH ACT."
description: "TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM COMMUNITY PROPERTY DISPOSITION AT DEATH ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1409 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T19:12:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:24:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7295eca4-bcda-478a-9f95-31baf5d95a2f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9930b44cc87c5a2a1f539301d5897a002bedb310fdabed551db18c6a06f09fb8"
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 1409 (2023) — TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM COMMUNITY PROPERTY DISPOSITION AT DEATH ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=582.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1409-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1409** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1409.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T19:12:48+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:33:44+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`
- **2023-03-14T18:11:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T13:32:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T13:32:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T15:45:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T18:54:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T21:17:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T21:18:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:59:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T22:37:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:37:40+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:24+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T00:14:25+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:54:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:24:27+00:00** Notification that HB1409 is now Act 582 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7295eca4-bcda-478a-9f95-31baf5d95a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).