republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/sb-59.md

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Bill	TO AMEND THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT JUSTIFY THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE UPON ANOTHER PERSON.	TO AMEND THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT JUSTIFY THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE UPON ANOTHER PERSON.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	SB 59	Arkansas SB 59 (2023)	bill		enacted	J. Richardson L. Chesterfield	5	31	3	2023-01-12T20:08:03+00:00	2023-03-01T22:15:49+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ab594386-37a7-4396-87b5-45bd02d81d7a	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	0c2552b6ee3a9effe64092b0b95b1dd89e1301c6a5aeb412284d9a2c6bef0b22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 59 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW WITH RESPECT TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT JUSTIFY THE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE UPON ANOTHER PERSON.

Version chain

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

1. Act 165 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 59 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed. — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Richardson — primary (person)
• L. Chesterfield — primary (person)
• Achor — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12T20:08:03+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-01-17T19:11:49+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30T19:26:40+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-31T15:45:00+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-01-31T15:45:10+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-01-31T16:05:43+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-01T20:10:56+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-02-01T20:11:05+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-01T20:11:18+00:00 Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2023-02-01T20:40:41+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-01T20:40:56+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2023-02-06T19:14:37+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-07T19:31:07+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-07T19:31:15+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2023-02-07T20:25:15+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2023-02-07T22:44:05+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
• 2023-02-16T17:18:26+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
• 2023-02-20T19:40:37+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-20T19:40:40+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2023-02-20T19:53:20+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2023-02-21T20:19:48+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-21T20:19:59+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2023-02-21T22:04:52+00:00 Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
• 2023-02-23T17:31:17+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2023-02-23T17:32:19+00:00 House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2023-02-23T17:32:26+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2023-02-23T17:32:36+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-23T17:32:41+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2023-02-23T20:57:03+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2023-02-23T20:57:08+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2023-03-01T22:15:49+00:00 Notification that SB59 is now Act 165 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab594386-37a7-4396-87b5-45bd02d81d7a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).