---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CERTAIN PERMITS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CERTAIN PERMIT FEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING APPOINTMENTS ON THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS."
description: "REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CERTAIN PERMITS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CERTAIN PERMIT FEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING APPOINTMENTS ON THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Arkansas SB 288 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-20T19:26:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:37:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79807275-126a-46f5-9045-b0fff27206c1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f2becb4fef23b07005575d6f39129aafb660d9e2692c758f281066e0f9b2f688"
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 288 (2023) — REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO CERTAIN PERMITS; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING CERTAIN PERMIT FEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING APPOINTMENTS ON THE LICENSING COMMITTEE RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=390.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB288-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB288-H2.pdf)
4. **SB 288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB288.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T19:26:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T21:27:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T19:30:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23T18:21:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T18:21:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-23T20:20:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-23T21:57:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:30:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-06T19:45:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T19:45:17+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-06T20:07:25+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T20:07:31+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T18:17:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-13T13:32:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-13T13:32:22+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-13T15:34:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T19:43:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T19:43:52+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-03-15T23:38:57+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-03-15T23:39:12+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:33:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:03:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-28T19:03:53+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-28T19:03:59+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-28T19:04:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:04:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:55:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:55:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:37:28+00:00** Notification that SB288 is now Act 390 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79807275-126a-46f5-9045-b0fff27206c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).