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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION ACT AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION ACT AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 565"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 565 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Wooten"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-31T20:37:16+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-13T14:35:51+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d09c51c-d7e6-4090-93ea-16f14cb8ba65"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "b35a9b5930a22358d489750a08aa68f093c671cf0f59e0c84a0c8898f4d5be8c"
+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 565 (2023) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION ACT AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=886.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 565** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB565.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Davis — primary (person)
+- Wooten — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-31T20:37:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-31T22:02:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04T18:02:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05T18:48:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T18:48:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-05T18:48:16+00:00** Ordered immediately
+- **2023-04-05T21:42:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-04-05T23:21:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T17:10:31+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
+- **2023-04-06T17:10:32+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
+- **2023-04-06T17:10:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T17:10:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-06T17:10:35+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
+- **2023-04-06T23:27:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T23:27:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T19:34:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-07T19:34:18+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-13T14:35:51+00:00** Notification that SB565 is now Act 886 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d09c51c-d7e6-4090-93ea-16f14cb8ba65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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