---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW RELATED TO THE CODE REVISOR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW RELATED TO THE CODE REVISOR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1427"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1427 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-14T19:47:04+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T21:00:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f271207e-5261-4ff8-a677-9f9e44959e60"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "abfad8bdac345910a2cb82ac71898ecc1c4e63c660a03d9125ba77ccf9a59aa3"
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 1427 (2023) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW RELATED TO THE CODE REVISOR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=481.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1427-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1427.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T19:47:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T22:28:21+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`
- **2023-02-16T17:19:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T20:17:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T20:17:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-20T21:37:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-20T21:38:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:35:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:06:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T19:06:48+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-28T20:37:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T21:12:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T21:12:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-29T21:12:49+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-29T22:39:20+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-29T22:39:24+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T03:24:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:17:07+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-03T19:17:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-04T15:35:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-06T21:00:10+00:00** Notification that HB1427 is now Act 481 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f271207e-5261-4ff8-a677-9f9e44959e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).