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type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1599"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1599 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-10T19:37:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:14:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6651fd0d-4bcb-45c8-86d4-b980632b8126"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6c14b8d8eed034a3ea16dcca6663ecc213f793ce364e2f27dccca1cfc295c81b"
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 1599 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES; TO AMEND CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW; TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=455.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1599** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1599.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **285** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **6913** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **6615** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-10T19:37:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T22:58:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T00:21:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T19:25:46+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:46:47+00:00** Motion by Rep. Cavenaugh to reconsider HB 1599 passed
- **2023-03-16T19:47:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T21:22:10+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-16T21:22:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:50:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T21:25:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T21:25:38+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:38:20+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:38:23+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T14:18:20+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:14:40+00:00** Notification that HB1599 is now Act 455 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6651fd0d-4bcb-45c8-86d4-b980632b8126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).