---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1595"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1595 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-10T19:30:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T16:56:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b415539-6ca7-49f3-b055-49a1d9927328"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "57a46d4b6eb8e499eb9cba160e92a86d712c4d00f58a15f298dad59d6924597f"
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 1595 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PROCEDURES FOR REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 552** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=552.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1595-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1595** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1595.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10T19:30:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:57:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T00:17:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:09:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T20:09:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:22:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T20:22:21+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T01:56:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:56:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:43:17+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:43:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:55:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:02:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:02:19+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:21+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:52+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T16:56:25+00:00** Notification that HB1595 is now Act 552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b415539-6ca7-49f3-b055-49a1d9927328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).