---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Arkansas SB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Efficiency"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09T15:48:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T17:19:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed58544b-25c2-4272-b084-480c97e6f95b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a28260b9327143398fad251a96137e6b4fbf959910f128ea1415d68f22d23e77"
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 1 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE EXPENSES FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=7.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Senate Efficiency — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T15:48:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:20:13+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T16:32:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T16:33:04+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-01-12T16:33:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-01-12T17:31:42+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-01-12T17:38:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T19:57:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-17T19:58:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-01-17T19:58:06+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-01-17T20:39:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-01-17T20:40:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-01-18T16:16:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-01-18T16:16:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T17:19:43+00:00** Notification that SB1 is now Act 7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed58544b-25c2-4272-b084-480c97e6f95b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).