---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO STORM SHELTERS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE."
description: "TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO STORM SHELTERS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 355"
citation: "Arkansas SB 355 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-02T19:36:44+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:46:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fecb787-a2ef-492b-bd99-fdeca1af72e2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "23a097e2d3e5968fc60d23cd1add7640ecec7ad4b4757505a2e3d9a9f6182eb0"
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 355 (2023) — TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO STORM SHELTERS FOR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES UNDER THE ARKANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=764.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB355-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB355-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB355-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB355.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T19:36:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T21:06:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:43:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T19:11:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T19:11:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:24:29+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:40:45+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T16:59:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T13:31:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T13:31:38+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T15:44:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T19:44:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:45:27+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-16T21:14:30+00:00** Returned From the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-16T21:14:37+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:30:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:17:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:19:10+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-03-30T19:19:22+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-30T19:19:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:20:40+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-30T19:20:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T17:01:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-31T17:01:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06T01:49:53+00:00** Returned from the Governor as requested.
- **2023-04-06T01:50:44+00:00** Motion to expunge the concurrence of amendment # 1
- **2023-04-06T01:51:08+00:00** Returned To the House as requested.
- **2023-04-06T02:53:30+00:00** Returned From the Senate as requested.
- **2023-04-06T16:57:29+00:00** The vote by which SB355 Passed was expunged.
- **2023-04-06T16:57:35+00:00** The vote by which Amendment #1 passed was expunged
- **2023-04-06T16:57:46+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:47:40+00:00** Returned To the Senate as requested.
- **2023-04-06T20:17:09+00:00** Returned From the House as requested.
- **2023-04-06T20:17:14+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T20:17:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T20:19:31+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-06T21:21:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T22:05:26+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T22:05:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:07:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-06T22:46:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-06T22:46:32+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T13:37:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T16:17:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:17:35+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:23:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:23:44+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:08:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:08:05+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:46:23+00:00** Notification that SB355 is now Act 764 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fecb787-a2ef-492b-bd99-fdeca1af72e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).