---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS BROADBAND COUNCIL, THE ARKANSAS YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE, THE GRADE \"A\" MILK PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION."
description: "TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS BROADBAND COUNCIL, THE ARKANSAS YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE, THE GRADE \"A\" MILK PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 683"
citation: "Arkansas SB 683 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f4b237b-2cd8-4b71-95b1-c5e756df8e7c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d0a9755a3345674e79e767292be207af57a32b1bce4e35be1f1ccdeeb1c05ba6"
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 683 (2019) — TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS BROADBAND COUNCIL, THE ARKANSAS YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION TASK FORCE, THE GRADE "A" MILK PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THE PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 683** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB683.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-04** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-04-08** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-04-08** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-10** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-04-10** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-04-15** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-04-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Notification that SB683 is now Act 1091 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f4b237b-2cd8-4b71-95b1-c5e756df8e7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).