2023 Legislation and Committees

2023 Sponsored or Co-Sponsored legislation that is now Arkansas law

Protecting the unborn
Protecting religious organizations
Protecting Second Amendment rights
Act 441 – The Voter Registration and Secure Voter Records Act of 2023
Act 544 – Created the Election Integrity Unit
Honoring our nation
Lowering Income Taxes 2021, 2022, 2023
Act 746 – Created the Rural Economic Development Initiative
Act 681 Amend the commercial driver alcohol and drug testing act to comply with federal motor carrier safety regulations
Act 37 Amend the sex offenders registration act to include offender's address to public.
Act 264 Amend law concerning record keeping maintained by scrap metal recyclers and to create offenses for the theft of a catalytic converter and unauthorized possession of a catalytic converter.
HB1479 Prohibit the purchase of, or acquisition of title to agricultural land by a governmental entity of The Peoples' Republic of China or certain entities connected with The People's Republic of China
Act 532 Reduce the income tax rates applicable to individuals, trusts, and corporations
Supported Act 659 "Protect Arkansas Act." those convicted of 18 of the most violent felonies in state code, including rape and capital murder, would have to serve the entirety of their sentences in prison. Act 659 would require courts to add a period of post-release supervision in these cases if defendants are not already sentenced to the statutory maximum for their offense. People convicted of 53 lesser violent felonies such as second-degree murder, battery in the first degree or sexual indecency with a child would have to serve 85% of their sentence before being eligible for release with supervision.