---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING; AND TO CREATE ASHTON'S AND ABBIE'S LAW."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING; AND TO CREATE ASHTON'S AND ABBIE'S LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1486"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1486 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hudson", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22T20:11:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:10:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4fc14c2-aa31-4476-8d60-3ac6220c769e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5f64ac15b0794c9568f617a3ec2cd12949fb378de475832ed8c716981e002b3d"
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 1486 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISTRACTED DRIVING; AND TO CREATE ASHTON'S AND ABBIE'S LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=445.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1486-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1486** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1486.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **85–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hudson — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22T20:11:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-22T22:32:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T17:34:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T19:48:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:13:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:13:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T14:12:46+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-08T14:12:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-08T14:13:00+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-08T19:41:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-08T19:41:26+00:00** Re-referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:38:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:33:23+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-13T19:34:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:34:29+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-13T22:11:05+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-13T22:11:13+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T17:31:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T18:51:29+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-29T18:51:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T14:19:14+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:10:14+00:00** Notification that HB1486 is now Act 445 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4fc14c2-aa31-4476-8d60-3ac6220c769e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).