---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED BY A COURT OF THE CLERK TO FILE A WILL FOR SAFEKEEPING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED BY A COURT OF THE CLERK TO FILE A WILL FOR SAFEKEEPING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1493"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1493 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Boyd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23T18:33:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T12:46:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cc959ef-7b87-40bb-932f-e82d73ddeb90"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "300ea00533070fdc8d67b90e98bad9010ee8e0349ac2dab1f5832895eddbb247"
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 1493 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE FEE CHARGED BY A COURT OF THE CLERK TO FILE A WILL FOR SAFEKEEPING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=272.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1493** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1493.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T18:33:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T21:50:23+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`
- **2023-02-28T19:32:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T20:02:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:11:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:12:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:25:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T20:18:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:18:15+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:02:59+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-08T21:03:01+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-08T21:35:09+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-13T12:46:40+00:00** Notification that HB1493 is now Act 272 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4cc959ef-7b87-40bb-932f-e82d73ddeb90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).