---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITTEN REPORT ON COSTS SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS."
description: "TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITTEN REPORT ON COSTS SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Arkansas SB 343 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Womack"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-28T22:23:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:07:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d585cf07-b987-42d9-8742-d211df82c762"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "493cda1d30ef0b967b658febc54deb80656d1d20ecda8a63ac617c5706a76f7f"
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 343 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING A WRITTEN REPORT ON COSTS SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=312.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 343** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB343.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Womack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T22:23:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-28T22:34:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:40:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T20:15:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T20:15:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:00:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-06T22:33:38+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`
- **2023-03-08T18:27:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:09:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:09:08+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:49:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:49:40+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:24:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:24:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:07:41+00:00** Notification that SB343 is now Act 312 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d585cf07-b987-42d9-8742-d211df82c762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).