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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN BOARDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN BOARDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 354"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 354 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "K. Hammer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-02T19:28:07+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T20:41:49+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fc8937-a5a7-43f0-a703-16384a97fe7f"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "2dfe25647188f86f77ad136c1ce427fdb0668f6e21068220cbb25f9a2cb52b66"
+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 SB 354 (2023) — TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN BOARDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF APPRAISERS, ABSTRACTERS, AND HOME INSPECTORS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=628.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB354-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB354-S1.pdf)
+4. **SB 354** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB354.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–12** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
+- K. Hammer — primary (person)
+- J. English — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-02T19:28:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02T21:06:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07T14:23:45+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2023-03-07T14:23:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-07T14:23:53+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-03-07T19:20:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-07T19:21:04+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08T19:39:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09T19:09:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09T19:09:41+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-03-09T19:09:51+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-09T20:24:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-09T22:40:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27T13:32:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-27T13:32:04+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-27T16:48:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-29T18:37:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-30T21:32:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T21:32:17+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-03-30T21:32:25+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-03-31T17:05:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
+- **2023-03-31T17:05:48+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T17:57:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:17+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:21+00:00** Rules suspended.
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-05T17:49:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T14:45:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-06T14:45:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T20:41:49+00:00** Notification that SB354 is now Act 628 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52fc8937-a5a7-43f0-a703-16384a97fe7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+