---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Arkansas SB 280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16T17:09:59+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:06:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba1993d-53d2-4729-a937-34f3c0c8b4e2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "11792b91311d7ff90482ab458b7a1208f551ffaaa8f9b0be362d256dd1a017bd"
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 280 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CREATION AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS ETHICS COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND PORTIONS OF INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1990 AND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1996.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=307.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB280-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB280.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16T17:09:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-16T19:02:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:23:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T20:24:45+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-01T20:24:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T20:24:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T20:52:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-02T18:02:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T18:02:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-02T20:19:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-02T22:39:33+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T18:32:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:23:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:23:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:48:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:48:28+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:26:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:26:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:06:24+00:00** Notification that SB280 is now Act 307 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba1993d-53d2-4729-a937-34f3c0c8b4e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).