---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF \"CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT\" AND \"POLITICAL SUBDIVISION\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF \"CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT\" AND \"POLITICAL SUBDIVISION\" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1652"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1652 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Eaves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16T19:00:30+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:19:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb57826a-48d8-4068-b4ab-b908f3f3d6fc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c4409a1222eed4f24499b95843cd6a6f806b1663b66a04f793fc0c0516d45c62"
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 1652 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITIONS OF "CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT" AND "POLITICAL SUBDIVISION" FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=818.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1652-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1652** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1652.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Eaves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T19:00:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-16T21:43:04+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T20:00:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:35:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:35:24+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:41:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T19:46:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T00:16:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-04T00:16:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:23:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T19:24:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:24:41+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:03:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:03:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:37:41+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:19:15+00:00** Notification that HB1652 is now Act 818 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb57826a-48d8-4068-b4ab-b908f3f3d6fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).