All Roll Calls
Yes: 105 • No: 19
ArkansasHB16302025 Regular SessionHouse
TO ADD A MISDEMEANOR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSE TO THE PREDICATE OFFENSES FOR CAPITAL MURDER, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AND MANSLAUGHTER.
Sponsored By: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), Ben Gilmore (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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Drug delivery brings broader homicide charges
Arkansas law adds misdemeanor offenses involving actual drug delivery as a basis for capital murder, first-degree murder, and manslaughter. The murder rules cover people acting alone or with others who commit or attempt the delivery offense. They or an accomplice must cause a death during and furthering the offense, or while immediately fleeing it. Murder charges require circumstances showing extreme indifference to human life. Manslaughter covers participants negligently causing a death during the offense or immediate flight, or someone resisting either causing a death. Mere possession is not added as a basis for these charges.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Jimmy Gazaway
Republican • House
Ben Gilmore
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/8/2025
Senate Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:47:56 PM
Yes: 28 • No: 7
House vote • 3/20/2025
House Vote - Thursday, March 20, 2025 2:07:54 PM
Yes: 77 • No: 12
Actions Timeline
Notification that HB1630 is now Act 599
4/14/2025HouseCorrectly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
4/9/2025HouseTO BE ENROLLED
4/9/2025HouseReturned from the Senate as passed.
4/9/2025HouseReturned to the House as passed.
4/8/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/8/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/2/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
3/20/2025SenateReceived from the House.
3/20/2025SenateRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
3/20/2025HouseREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
3/19/2025HouseAmendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
3/19/2025HousePlaced on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
3/19/2025HouseReturned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
3/18/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
2/27/2025HouseFiled
2/27/2025House
Bill Text
HB1630 - Introduced
2/27/2025
Act Version
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