---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF SPONSORSHIP UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT."
description: "TO MODIFY THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF SPONSORSHIP UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1439"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1439 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T20:25:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:26:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c59050-5381-40ce-94ba-aa1793124eb0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ebcc65d2fd11232756ba2c85226302f7bd5fa794e558a485e9ba4517cf207bb4"
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 1439 (2023) — TO MODIFY THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS OF SPONSORSHIP UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSE UNDER THE FAIR MORTGAGE LENDING ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=325.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1439** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1439.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T20:25:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T22:43:33+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`
- **2023-03-01T17:42:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T19:58:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T22:49:44+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:49:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:35:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T20:17:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:17:46+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T21:38:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T21:38:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:44:17+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:26:27+00:00** Notification that HB1439 is now Act 325 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87c59050-5381-40ce-94ba-aa1793124eb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).