---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW."
description: "REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1340"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1340 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-02T15:36:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:38:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e09226-c542-40e3-8477-27e11544f4ab"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3f3be8872f1d79c60fe3fbb3e03d42e51a6430a686c5d56b8b3759cf132e0628"
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 HB 1340 (2023) — REGARDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER REGARDING CERTAIN VETERAN DISABILITY BENEFITS IF ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=201.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1340** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1340.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T15:36:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-02T21:42:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T16:48:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T19:23:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:43:07+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-09T21:43:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:32:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T18:20:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T18:20:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:22:04+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-02T20:22:06+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-02T21:08:23+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:38:18+00:00** Notification that HB1340 is now Act 201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e09226-c542-40e3-8477-27e11544f4ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).