---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING WHEN A PROSECUTION IS COMMENCED."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING WHEN A PROSECUTION IS COMMENCED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1501 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-24T22:38:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:18:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b61eb0f-28da-4eb2-91a7-b0492e29eee6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ff8544504e36feaae038bda9799c02564e6229eeb1d56950bf57580376000493"
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 1501 (2023) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING WHEN A PROSECUTION IS COMMENCED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=507.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1501.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-24T22:38:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T23:04:42+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`
- **2023-03-16T18:51:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T21:10:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:49:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:49:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:15:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:24:53+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:10+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:21:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:09:13+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:18:55+00:00** Notification that HB1501 is now Act 507 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b61eb0f-28da-4eb2-91a7-b0492e29eee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).