---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF HOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SELECTED TO THE STATE PLANT BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE METHOD OF HOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SELECTED TO THE STATE PLANT BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Arkansas SB 191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Eaves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T20:48:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T22:52:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0bdf73-432b-483d-b8e3-d0945ec59c5b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "17d3958aab14224c82f5d588aaf29cd6e2d67dabb5b0d5753d20f6890fd66ea9"
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 191 (2023) — TO AMEND THE METHOD OF HOW BOARD MEMBERS ARE SELECTED TO THE STATE PLANT BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=135.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 191** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB191.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Eaves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T20:48:21+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T21:38:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T19:11:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08T19:34:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T19:34:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-08T19:34:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-08T20:36:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-08T23:15:27+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`
- **2023-02-15T17:01:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T17:58:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T17:58:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-16T17:58:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:04:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:04:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-20T15:51:23+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-20T15:51:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27T22:52:38+00:00** Notification that SB191 is now Act 135 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0bdf73-432b-483d-b8e3-d0945ec59c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).