TO CREATE THE PROTECT ARKANSAS ACT; TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING SENTENCING AND PAROLE; TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES; AND TO CREATE THE LEGISLATIVE RECIDIVISM REDUCTION TASK FORCE.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 27, 2023
Signed Apr 11, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 6, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB495 is now Act 659
upper
Apr 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1
upper
Apr 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 30, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 27, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 71 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ben Gilmore
RRepublican
P
Jimmy Gazaway
RRepublican
Co
Aaron Pilkington
RRepublican
Co
Alan Clark
RRepublican
Co
Austin McCollum
RRepublican
Co
Bart Hester
RRepublican
Co
Bart Schulz
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Achor
RRepublican
Co
Breanne Davis
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Cameron Cooper
RRepublican
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