---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS POULTRY FEEDING OPERATIONS REGISTRATION ACT; AND TO TRANSFER DUTIES FROM THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS POULTRY FEEDING OPERATIONS REGISTRATION ACT; AND TO TRANSFER DUTIES FROM THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1827"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1827 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Milligan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-31T14:10:20+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:30:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c2f4648-9f55-484b-852f-ddee40d6b1ab"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6ac42f51132c1c8bc4ef0a6f2a45b6ac9d51d9e96a20a288de27c341b29e2774"
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 1827 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS POULTRY FEEDING OPERATIONS REGISTRATION ACT; AND TO TRANSFER DUTIES FROM THE ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=600.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1827** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1827.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Milligan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-31T14:10:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T13:49:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T17:26:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T23:50:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T03:55:42+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-05T17:57:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T19:26:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:42:23+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:07:09+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:07:11+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:10:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:30:37+00:00** Notification that HB1827 is now Act 600 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c2f4648-9f55-484b-852f-ddee40d6b1ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).