---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STATUTORY THRESHOLDS FOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS INVOLVING MINORS ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STATUTORY THRESHOLDS FOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS INVOLVING MINORS ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 342"
citation: "Arkansas SB 342 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28T20:43:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:56:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc08e832-38d5-4bff-a052-7bc2164cc78e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "75033d393c893994d8b28910f52340d1b2f274d13c4feeaa4d45734c17c5ffbe"
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 342 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STATUTORY THRESHOLDS FOR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS INVOLVING MINORS ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 468** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=468.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB342.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T20:43:03+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-28T21:47:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:44:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:07:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:07:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T22:00:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:06:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T23:00:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:47:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:48:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:35:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:36:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T15:46:25+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-30T15:46:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:56:30+00:00** Notification that SB342 is now Act 468 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc08e832-38d5-4bff-a052-7bc2164cc78e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).