---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AMEND THE NUMBER OF HENS A RETAILER IS PERMITTED TO HAVE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AMEND THE NUMBER OF HENS A RETAILER IS PERMITTED TO HAVE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "Arkansas SB 338 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Rye"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27T22:26:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:56:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d935843a-a182-4c40-acb3-b208ef88db73"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bc4df158699dc9076b6a02d724984125985e64172fb5399195dfe1026e6100c4"
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 338 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969; AND TO AMEND THE NUMBER OF HENS A RETAILER IS PERMITTED TO HAVE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ARKANSAS EGG MARKETING ACT OF 1969.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 467** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=467.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 338** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB338.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Rye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27T22:26:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-27T22:55:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:30:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:05:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:05:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T22:00:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:05:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:39:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T21:29:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:29:53+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:48:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:48:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T17:01:51+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-31T17:01:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:56:09+00:00** Notification that SB338 is now Act 467 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d935843a-a182-4c40-acb3-b208ef88db73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).