---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"LICENSEE\" UNDER THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; AND TO ALLOW A BROKER OR SALESMAN TO DO BUSINESS AS A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY."
description: "TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF \"LICENSEE\" UNDER THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; AND TO ALLOW A BROKER OR SALESMAN TO DO BUSINESS AS A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1265"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1265 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Rice"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26T17:21:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T17:37:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3331fcc-c6e0-4753-b2dd-863b96ed65f9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "21472d3dbf1218d31d480c47d4188ce17fd3b070863a6c388b30c33b781ff99c"
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 1265 (2023) — TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF "LICENSEE" UNDER THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW; AND TO ALLOW A BROKER OR SALESMAN TO DO BUSINESS AS A PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=93.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1265** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1265.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Rice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26T17:21:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-26T22:39:30+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`
- **2023-02-01T17:18:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T17:21:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T19:18:01+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T19:18:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T17:16:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13T19:32:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T19:32:54+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-13T20:28:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-13T20:28:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-14T13:50:38+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-17T17:37:58+00:00** Notification that HB1265 is now Act 93 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3331fcc-c6e0-4753-b2dd-863b96ed65f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).