---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE THAT A LIEN CREATED BY THE ENTRY OF CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE."
description: "TO PROVIDE THAT A LIEN CREATED BY THE ENTRY OF CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1273"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1273 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-27T22:14:26+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-11T19:33:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/771bc34e-e557-4e8d-9432-eb7047e4f540"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8d0de09d1f423fe4441097b716c59ae9cdbdf559b0b027ebd0953863c58ed157"
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 1273 (2025) — TO PROVIDE THAT A LIEN CREATED BY THE ENTRY OF CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 29** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=29.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1273** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1273.pdf)

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27T22:14:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-27T23:57:55+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`
- **2025-01-29T19:20:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30T17:50:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T19:40:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-01-30T19:40:46+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T19:41:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-05T20:26:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05T20:26:14+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-02-05T21:41:17+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-05T21:41:22+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-02-05T21:41:27+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-02-11T19:33:29+00:00** Notification that HB1273 is now Act 29 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/771bc34e-e557-4e8d-9432-eb7047e4f540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).