---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS; AND TO AMEND THE AGGREGATE COST MAXIMUM FOR CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS; AND TO AMEND THE AGGREGATE COST MAXIMUM FOR CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1368"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1368 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Hodges", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-07T21:08:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:43:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4709f215-e804-4b38-819d-3f4933c9f0df"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a40df78563f5aeed527ea25a17fa47cc6eed1afb23cdb370a398a01d500bb53e"
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 1368 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS; AND TO AMEND THE AGGREGATE COST MAXIMUM FOR CONTRACTS FOR WORK TO BE PERFORMED ON STATE AID ROADS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=212.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1368.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Hodges — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T21:08:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T22:41:15+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`
- **2023-02-16T17:33:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T20:12:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-20T21:36:53+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-20T21:37:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T19:36:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T20:37:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:37:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:41:56+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:41:58+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T14:38:47+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:43:21+00:00** Notification that HB1368 is now Act 212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4709f215-e804-4b38-819d-3f4933c9f0df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).