---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1579"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1579 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08T21:06:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:21:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406de14d-6e7d-4405-a98d-e94e21178fd7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b43adf083a3ec9cb0518bafe7b7e70c26d11d958cfb8d178f0512428e9f00647"
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 1579 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=515.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1579** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1579.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T21:06:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T22:34:41+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`
- **2023-03-14T15:34:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:10:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T23:57:11+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-15T23:57:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:33:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:38:19+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:22:12+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-04T22:22:14+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T14:09:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:21:42+00:00** Notification that HB1579 is now Act 515 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406de14d-6e7d-4405-a98d-e94e21178fd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).