---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE A MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN; TO CREATE A MONUMENT ON STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
description: "TO CREATE A MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN; TO CREATE A MONUMENT ON STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "Arkansas SB 307 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T21:09:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:07:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeef828c-8435-49d9-aac8-6f82e846eacd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b4b93d3deef036974cbb0acdf350ce2cf5b61d097cb46c90d67e0356cf01a152"
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 307 (2023) — TO CREATE A MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN; TO CREATE A MONUMENT ON STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=310.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 307** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB307.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **25–7** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **60–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T21:09:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T22:13:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:22:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T20:41:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:41:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-01T21:21:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-01T22:34:24+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T18:26:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:01:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:01:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:48:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:48:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:25:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:25:45+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:07:18+00:00** Notification that SB307 is now Act 310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eeef828c-8435-49d9-aac8-6f82e846eacd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).