---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING AUDITS OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING AUDITS OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1571"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1571 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07T20:07:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:13:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f097bbb4-b35a-4a07-9f9e-2202c2460fbd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cc5c12c242e725382d4f1f2aa19e8f1e1642bd1954fbd320104576b6c5c6b2dd"
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 1571 (2023) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING AUDITS OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=453.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1571** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1571.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T20:07:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-07T22:39:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T22:56:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T19:37:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T22:02:45+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-14T22:02:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:31:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:46:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:47:00+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:11:21+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T02:11:26+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T14:19:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:13:50+00:00** Notification that HB1571 is now Act 453 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f097bbb4-b35a-4a07-9f9e-2202c2460fbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).