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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INCARCERATION OF A PARENT WHO WAS ORDERED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT."
+description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INCARCERATION OF A PARENT WHO WAS ORDERED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 562"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 562 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Gazaway"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-31T19:34:08+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T13:41:32+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c818e4b9-0a50-48ce-a971-cb7f5b4dcaff"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "a32f2e297db018cf177e4b7f99940b8e96b51bb1f964cd35c26e3b121c4c8191"
+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 562 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INCARCERATION OF A PARENT WHO WAS ORDERED TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 789** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=789.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 562** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB562.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Clark — primary (person)
+- Gazaway — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-31T19:34:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-31T21:58:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03T17:58:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04T21:06:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T21:06:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-04-04T22:14:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-04-05T00:59:53+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06T16:21:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-07T14:38:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T14:38:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:40:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-07T17:40:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:15:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:15:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12T13:41:32+00:00** Notification that SB562 is now Act 789 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c818e4b9-0a50-48ce-a971-cb7f5b4dcaff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+