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type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ARKANSAS RETAIL PET STORE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 1991; AND TO PREEMPT CERTAIN LAWS CONCERNING RETAIL PET STORES."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ARKANSAS RETAIL PET STORE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 1991; AND TO PREEMPT CERTAIN LAWS CONCERNING RETAIL PET STORES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1591 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T18:16:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:52:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/181e56b4-7637-43d8-a7c7-d5f1cff58da5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e64f187688fd55d68dbf80720396280e86bd7e37b62dfe45f72cb25f4ae59c7f"
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 1591 (2023) — TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ARKANSAS RETAIL PET STORE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT OF 1991; AND TO PREEMPT CERTAIN LAWS CONCERNING RETAIL PET STORES.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=730.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1591** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1591.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **860** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **234** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-09T18:16:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-09T22:37:01+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T22:56:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T19:42:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T22:03:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-14T22:03:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:31:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:01:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:01:12+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:52:43+00:00** Notification that HB1591 is now Act 730 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/181e56b4-7637-43d8-a7c7-d5f1cff58da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).