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+type: "Bill"
+title: "REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW."
+description: "REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1340"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1340 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-02T15:36:03+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-06T19:38:18+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e09226-c542-40e3-8477-27e11544f4ab"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "3f3be8872f1d79c60fe3fbb3e03d42e51a6430a686c5d56b8b3759cf132e0628"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1340 (2023) — REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=201.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1340.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Wallace — primary (person)
+- Tosh — primary (person)
+- Evans — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02T15:36:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02T21:42:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07T16:48:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-09T19:23:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-09T21:43:07+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-02-09T21:43:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01T19:32:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-02T18:20:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02T18:20:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-03-02T20:22:04+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-03-02T20:22:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-02T21:08:23+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-03-06T19:38:18+00:00** Notification that HB1340 is now Act 201 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e09226-c542-40e3-8477-27e11544f4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+