---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSION OF INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION FEES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSION OF INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION FEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 209"
citation: "Arkansas SB 209 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hawk", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07T17:24:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:17:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c5b9fa2-af61-43e1-9766-769b43c111b4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0e0cf8146adac2fad0e9f2803f288ea7cf1c5970760e7d10aeed8427d827f8c2"
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 209 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE DISCRETIONARY SUSPENSION OF INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION FEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=349.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB209-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB209.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hawk — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T17:24:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-07T19:16:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T17:16:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-13T19:26:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T19:27:03+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-13T20:30:29+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-13T22:38:26+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`
- **2023-02-15T19:36:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-15T19:36:41+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15T19:58:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-22T16:34:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T20:23:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:23:17+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-27T21:50:01+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended #1
- **2023-02-27T22:12:38+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:30:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T18:53:28+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T18:53:39+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-15T18:53:44+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T18:53:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T18:54:07+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:51:11+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:51:14+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:17:32+00:00** Notification that SB209 is now Act 349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c5b9fa2-af61-43e1-9766-769b43c111b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).