---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A TAXPAYER RECEIVING MILITARY RETIREMENT OR SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR RETIREMENT BENEFITS."
description: "TO ALLOW A TAXPAYER RECEIVING MILITARY RETIREMENT OR SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR RETIREMENT BENEFITS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Arkansas SB 313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Petty", "John Carr"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23T18:38:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:19:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02801305-7a68-4a19-b55e-cad54a6ed3be"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2ef47cc1667617f0417d2f5b2743ca996ae86b4870c8511e62f881a43f9a84c9"
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 313 (2023) — TO ALLOW A TAXPAYER RECEIVING MILITARY RETIREMENT OR SURVIVOR BENEFITS TO RECEIVE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE INCOME TAX EXEMPTION FOR RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 358** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=358.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 313** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB313.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Petty — primary (person)
- John Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T18:38:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T20:23:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:47:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T18:40:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T18:40:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:23:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:39:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T17:03:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:34:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:34:49+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:37:14+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:37:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:55:28+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:55:31+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:19:37+00:00** Notification that SB313 is now Act 358 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02801305-7a68-4a19-b55e-cad54a6ed3be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).