---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE; AND TO ADD AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY TO THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE; AND TO ADD AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY TO THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1474"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1474 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T19:41:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T15:05:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10feb747-f83f-45e5-a078-a3f4c644d23c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2deaff87916b44567cba0d2faaafac12382cf5853f611515979da9230696674"
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 1474 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS CRIMINAL CODE; AND TO ADD AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY TO THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=419.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1474** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1474.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T19:41:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T22:34:23+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`
- **2023-02-23T17:14:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:59:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:53:13+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-27T21:53:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T22:42:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T20:08:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:08:29+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:57:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:57:52+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:28:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T15:05:40+00:00** Notification that HB1474 is now Act 419 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10feb747-f83f-45e5-a078-a3f4c644d23c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).