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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 494"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 494 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McAlindon", "Stone"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-27T21:22:38+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T21:32:02+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1220fed-d96b-4d7e-972d-094546de98af"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "edc84ead30e3bbad2bb730f73e612a972a65170df8e67b07331cf8e2ae822517"
+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 494 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=711.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB494.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McAlindon — primary (person)
+- Stone — primary (person)
+- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
+- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
+- Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Hill — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
+- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-27T21:22:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-27T22:43:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30T18:21:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31T00:28:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-31T00:28:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-31T01:11:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-31T01:47:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T16:40:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T20:45:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T20:45:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:14:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:14:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T14:59:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-06T14:59:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T21:32:02+00:00** Notification that SB494 is now Act 711 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1220fed-d96b-4d7e-972d-094546de98af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+