---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECOGNITION PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTIVELY WORK WITH PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECOGNITION PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTIVELY WORK WITH PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Arkansas SB 305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Moore", "Stone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T20:16:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:19:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fa4dfa7-b06a-4c8f-9fb3-2a437b5619fa"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "96273f1a582c7b7b1e028b4ea00d5a5a42afad5d3fd288f2b08bdea4bf377cfd"
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 305 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECOGNITION PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTIVELY WORK WITH PROPERTY TAXES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=357.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB305.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- J. Moore — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T20:16:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T22:12:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T19:26:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T19:55:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T19:55:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-08T19:55:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-08T20:58:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-08T22:37:51+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`
- **2023-03-13T22:55:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:24:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:24:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-15T20:24:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:36:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:54:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:55:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:19:26+00:00** Notification that SB305 is now Act 357 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fa4dfa7-b06a-4c8f-9fb3-2a437b5619fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).