---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1623"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1623 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T18:32:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:54:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a63c64-8ddb-423e-ac02-071130297094"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "83d6f3b3112ba128c72b431e7ec1fc1b9f0ba57fddc6323aa96b0f78bb54ba55"
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 1623 (2023) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE OFFENSE OF FLEEING BY MEANS OF A VEHICLE OR CONVEYANCE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 734** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=734.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1623** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1623.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T18:32:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T22:01:17+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`
- **2023-03-30T18:53:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:27:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:26:03+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:26:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:15:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:42:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:42:49+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:00:52+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T00:34:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:16:40+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:54:09+00:00** Notification that HB1623 is now Act 734 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a63c64-8ddb-423e-ac02-071130297094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).