---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 290"
citation: "Arkansas SB 290 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Penzo", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-20T19:56:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:21:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d420af80-cdc6-4a5e-baae-932c8268fee5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a1a33241c02db0d4b0125fa1c839d137e396cd732e6d66e045a118e1f069f829"
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 290 (2023) — TO PROVIDE FOR A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 366** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=366.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 290** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB290.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–9** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Penzo — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-20T19:56:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-20T21:28:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:21:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T20:33:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:33:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:21:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-01T22:34:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T22:56:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:25:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:25:40+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:03+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:52:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:52:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:21:31+00:00** Notification that SB290 is now Act 366 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d420af80-cdc6-4a5e-baae-932c8268fee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).