---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODERNIZE PROBATE PROCEEDINGS; AND TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTIONS, GUARDIANSHIPS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES; AND TO AMEND THE PROBATE CODE."
description: "TO MODERNIZE PROBATE PROCEEDINGS; AND TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTIONS, GUARDIANSHIPS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES; AND TO AMEND THE PROBATE CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1448"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1448 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T17:11:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:27:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d094bf-04e4-49ca-be45-688a17fc77dd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f30161fc345b3940cd02730c4dad5086878837323d51987ef8fd0ad7da750229"
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 1448 (2023) — TO MODERNIZE PROBATE PROCEEDINGS; AND TO AMEND AND UPDATE THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTIONS, GUARDIANSHIPS, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES; AND TO AMEND THE PROBATE CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=326.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1448** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1448.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T17:11:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T22:34:35+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`
- **2023-03-09T18:16:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T19:25:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T21:45:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:45:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:33:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T19:23:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:23:34+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:25:25+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:25:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-17T14:02:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:27:07+00:00** Notification that HB1448 is now Act 326 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18d094bf-04e4-49ca-be45-688a17fc77dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).