---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD A FELONY OFFENSE THAT FALLS UNDER THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED RELEASE FELONY WITH RESPECT TO RELEASE ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2025."
description: "TO ADD A FELONY OFFENSE THAT FALLS UNDER THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED RELEASE FELONY WITH RESPECT TO RELEASE ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1563"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1563 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-24T20:19:53+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T15:46:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3f34fa9-6253-454f-8152-b41f07cdc102"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d8c0fde12aa5f29735409cb212e9e8b6a8e715786765250bda6c7caa6e762d00"
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 1563 (2025) — TO ADD A FELONY OFFENSE THAT FALLS UNDER THE DEFINITION OF RESTRICTED RELEASE FELONY WITH RESPECT TO RELEASE ELIGIBILITY AND PROCEDURES FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 356** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=356.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **HB 1563** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/HB1563.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T20:19:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T22:52:50+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`
- **2025-03-06T21:43:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T19:32:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T22:46:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2025-03-10T22:46:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:44:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17T20:46:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:46:08+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:44:46+00:00** Returned from the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T22:44:48+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T16:34:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2025-03-20T15:46:18+00:00** Notification that HB1563 is now Act 356 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3f34fa9-6253-454f-8152-b41f07cdc102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).