Provided are an apparatus and method for enforcing timing requirements for a memory device. An event command directed to a target addressable location comprising one of the addressable locations is received. A determination is made as to whether a time difference of a current time and a timestamp associated with a completed event directed to a threshold location including the target addressable location exceeds a time threshold. The received event command is executed against the target addressable location in response to determining that the time difference exceeds the time threshold.