---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ASSET LIMITS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REQUEST A BROAD-BASED CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY WAIVER."
description: "TO AMEND THE ASSET LIMITS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REQUEST A BROAD-BASED CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY WAIVER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Arkansas SB 306 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Vaught"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-21T20:18:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:16:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44cc93fd-6a3f-413b-a7a1-abd92f7d63df"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c4bcbf6da109615fc0c6e929afb32b9c39b7f14ccfe4a8d8a8ade6ad170c921d"
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 306 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ASSET LIMITS FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO REQUEST A BROAD-BASED CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY WAIVER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 675** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=675.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB306-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB306-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 306** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB306.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **24–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **65–16** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T20:18:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T22:12:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:34:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T20:09:01+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T20:09:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T20:09:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T23:44:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T17:25:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T17:25:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-16T20:17:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-16T21:50:12+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`
- **2023-03-28T22:51:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T13:37:58+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T13:38:00+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-29T16:29:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T21:21:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:21:39+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T17:02:16+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1
- **2023-03-31T17:02:25+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T00:00:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T18:11:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T18:11:37+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-04T18:11:42+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-04T18:11:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T18:11:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:42:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:42:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:16:24+00:00** Notification that SB306 is now Act 675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44cc93fd-6a3f-413b-a7a1-abd92f7d63df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).