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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO MANDATE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS AND TO REDUCE THE METHODS BY WHICH AN EMPLOYER CAN FILE ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS."
+description: "TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO MANDATE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS AND TO REDUCE THE METHODS BY WHICH AN EMPLOYER CAN FILE ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 434"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 434 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eaves", "J. Dismang"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-15T20:27:15+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T20:48:48+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28bee20a-b5d3-4cfa-8939-9e859215216d"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "e99281379b484219a58e01309c5abf8d234f6ecbb0efecec579f149d5ca5683c"
+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 434 (2023) — TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES REQUIRED TO MANDATE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS AND TO REDUCE THE METHODS BY WHICH AN EMPLOYER CAN FILE ANNUAL WITHHOLDING STATEMENTS.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=644.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 434** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB434.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eaves — primary (person)
+- J. Dismang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-15T20:27:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-15T20:38:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29T18:37:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30T21:47:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T21:47:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-30T23:02:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-31T01:42:37+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T17:49:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T21:55:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T21:56:01+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:56:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:56:35+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T14:53:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-06T14:53:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T20:48:48+00:00** Notification that SB434 is now Act 644 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28bee20a-b5d3-4cfa-8939-9e859215216d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+