---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABUSE OF AN ATHLETIC CONTEST OFFICIAL."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABUSE OF AN ATHLETIC CONTEST OFFICIAL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1496"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1496 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowell", "Hawk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23T18:40:55+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T15:06:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e9f4c09-2fdf-473d-a186-3686624557d9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "03e9b54bfccf71ac33ddccc7203a503331e23d92a875d8334b97546a62e0d8cd"
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 1496 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABUSE OF AN ATHLETIC CONTEST OFFICIAL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 420** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=420.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1496-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1496.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **75–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowell — primary (person)
- Hawk — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T18:40:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T21:51:03+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`
- **2023-03-14T18:09:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T13:32:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T13:32:43+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T15:44:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T18:49:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T21:18:28+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T21:18:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:34:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T20:09:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:10:05+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:58:06+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:58:08+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:27:15+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T15:06:05+00:00** Notification that HB1496 is now Act 420 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e9f4c09-2fdf-473d-a186-3686624557d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).