---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE POSITION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES."
description: "TO CREATE THE POSITION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Arkansas SB 345 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "J. Mayberry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T15:54:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:19:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49236eb3-d9a5-45cf-aebd-b2d429a7f207"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2afcfce0dc59aeb28d985ec8c2a322e48ce6935693fc1ad0eb0b29dfb661830"
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 345 (2023) — TO CREATE THE POSITION OF DEMENTIA SERVICES COORDINATOR WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 682** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=682.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB345-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB345-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 345** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB345.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- J. Mayberry — primary (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T15:54:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T19:35:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T19:28:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07T19:30:13+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-07T19:30:18+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-07T21:43:19+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T14:20:41+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-03-09T14:20:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T14:20:52+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-09T17:29:54+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T17:30:02+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:42:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:29:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:29:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:05:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:49:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:27:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:10:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:10:09+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:03:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:03:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:45:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:45:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:19:02+00:00** Notification that SB345 is now Act 682 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49236eb3-d9a5-45cf-aebd-b2d429a7f207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).