---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REAPPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REAPPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Arkansas SB 218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08T18:01:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:18:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1915906-cf60-4a89-b8db-f5784d713002"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e3b75c0feb59df0ff591a547effb07d16e5626780577e1dcde8563bed37d188a"
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 218 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION - NORTHWEST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE REAPPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=216.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB218.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08T18:01:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-08T19:31:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T19:40:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23T20:06:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:06:58+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-23T20:06:59+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-23T20:37:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-23T21:52:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:04:20+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-02-28T20:04:21+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-02-28T20:04:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:04:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-28T20:04:24+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:46:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-28T21:46:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T14:41:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-01T14:41:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:18:18+00:00** Notification that SB218 is now Act 216 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1915906-cf60-4a89-b8db-f5784d713002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).