---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO EXEMPT CERTAIN NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FROM INSURANCE REGULATION."
description: "TO EXEMPT CERTAIN NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FROM INSURANCE REGULATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "Arkansas SB 324 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-27T16:08:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:40:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2708c9bb-72ee-42e6-b431-772c07b61bbf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "342962164985f9471c4158855adfe39e8fa70ece560daedaecbff967cba1531d"
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 324 (2023) — TO EXEMPT CERTAIN NONPROFIT AGRICULTURAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS FROM INSURANCE REGULATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=626.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB324-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB324-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 324** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB324.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **67–15** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27T16:08:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T19:38:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T18:26:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T18:59:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T18:59:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T20:00:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-15T20:00:35+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T20:14:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:15:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-15T21:42:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-15T23:03:02+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T23:57:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:35:53+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T13:35:55+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-30T16:42:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T19:13:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:14:05+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:25:41+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T00:25:49+00:00** Re-referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:02:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:16:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T22:16:11+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T22:16:15+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T22:16:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:16:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:22:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:22:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:40:56+00:00** Notification that SB324 is now Act 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2708c9bb-72ee-42e6-b431-772c07b61bbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).