---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME; AND TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF MISDEMEANOR CRIMES HAVE RIGHTS."
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME; AND TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF MISDEMEANOR CRIMES HAVE RIGHTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1443"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1443 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T14:37:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T14:59:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71150be8-91f1-4d0e-ac6c-3b4472c0971a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3ba315d68057e25c8766f6c3db6e4d721dd8d40b6a10bfe03dcc55353e45e809"
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 1443 (2023) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF CRIME; AND TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF MISDEMEANOR CRIMES HAVE RIGHTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=415.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1443-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1443** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1443.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T14:37:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T22:33:08+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`
- **2023-02-21T14:30:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-21T14:30:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21T16:10:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-14T18:09:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:37:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T00:02:46+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T00:02:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:34:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T20:02:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:02:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:56:44+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:56:46+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:29:10+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T14:59:00+00:00** Notification that HB1443 is now Act 415 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71150be8-91f1-4d0e-ac6c-3b4472c0971a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).