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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ARKANSAS PORT, INTERMODAL, AND WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUND; AND TO CREATE A WATERWAYS INVESTMENT INCOME TAX CREDIT."
+description: "TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ARKANSAS PORT, INTERMODAL, AND WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUND; AND TO CREATE A WATERWAYS INVESTMENT INCOME TAX CREDIT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 478"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 478 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eaves", "J. Dismang"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-24T17:49:41+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T14:13:42+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7eea89-016e-4ee1-bc70-5f600e3c3d73"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "2dd9479bb2432e781b2afe5c29adc4284c4aab16828f594d89227f8f2bfa87e0"
+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 478 (2023) — TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE ARKANSAS PORT, INTERMODAL, AND WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUND; AND TO CREATE A WATERWAYS INVESTMENT INCOME TAX CREDIT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=881.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB478-S1.pdf)
+3. **SB 478** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB478.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eaves — primary (person)
+- J. Dismang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-24T17:49:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-24T20:49:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29T13:06:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2023-03-29T13:06:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-03-29T13:07:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-03-29T18:25:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-03-29T18:25:49+00:00** Re-referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03T17:26:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04T19:41:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T19:41:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-04-04T22:12:59+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-04-05T00:56:30+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`
+- **2023-04-06T15:16:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-07T14:17:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T14:17:51+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:26:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:26:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:16:35+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:16:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13T14:13:42+00:00** Notification that SB478 is now Act 881 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e7eea89-016e-4ee1-bc70-5f600e3c3d73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+