---
type: "Bill"
title: "THE LIZA FLETCHER ACT."
description: "THE LIZA FLETCHER ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Arkansas SB 401 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Leding", "Wing"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T19:59:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:38:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77ba78ec-6955-4458-ad9e-3fd095183d72"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a27994ba0bbb410a7d064230996a8c57ba4c6d7c89af0d1ccba2b90e37e8ca9b"
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 SB 401 (2023) — THE LIZA FLETCHER ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=392.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB401.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Leding — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09T19:59:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-09T21:36:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T18:20:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T19:25:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:26:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-14T21:22:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-14T22:08:05+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`
- **2023-03-16T18:50:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:20:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:21:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:24:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:24:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:55:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:55:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:38:06+00:00** Notification that SB401 is now Act 392 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77ba78ec-6955-4458-ad9e-3fd095183d72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).