---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROHIBITIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD IN RELATION TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROHIBITIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD IN RELATION TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1440 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "J. Petty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15T20:28:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:03:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c03a78-c042-42d9-b5bd-0fb50f8b4cbd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a384dc0e9475a50e49f11be0d8a7612039a5df641ca49cf1064127c0df283f68"
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 1440 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROHIBITIONS AND LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS; AND TO AMEND THE POWERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND THE HVACR LICENSING BOARD IN RELATION TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN REFRIGERANTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=443.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1440-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1440.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- J. Petty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15T20:28:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-15T22:44:10+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T14:33:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T14:33:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T16:41:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T22:56:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T18:58:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T21:59:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-14T21:59:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:29:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:43:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:43:41+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:07:23+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:07:27+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:16:19+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:03:00+00:00** Notification that HB1440 is now Act 443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c03a78-c042-42d9-b5bd-0fb50f8b4cbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).