---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE CALLING OF MEETINGS OF AND A QUORUM FOR THE STATE PARKS, RECREATION, AND TRAVEL COMMISSION; TO ELIMINATE COMMISSIONER EMERITUS POSITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION."
description: "TO AMEND THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE CALLING OF MEETINGS OF AND A QUORUM FOR THE STATE PARKS, RECREATION, AND TRAVEL COMMISSION; TO ELIMINATE COMMISSIONER EMERITUS POSITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 362"
citation: "Arkansas SB 362 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06T19:12:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:43:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd2b2534-cf8f-4b57-992e-0e109bda117b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dcf9b32dae553c375adaa2b13803d535ebe61d85fdfec3c233774e792bff36c5"
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 362 (2023) — TO AMEND THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE CALLING OF MEETINGS OF AND A QUORUM FOR THE STATE PARKS, RECREATION, AND TRAVEL COMMISSION; TO ELIMINATE COMMISSIONER EMERITUS POSITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=631.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 362** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB362.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- McCollum — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T19:12:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T21:15:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T17:31:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T19:17:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:17:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T22:01:11+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:07:00+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`
- **2023-03-29T18:41:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:06:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:06:29+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:40:55+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:41:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:46:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:46:22+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:43:11+00:00** Notification that SB362 is now Act 631 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd2b2534-cf8f-4b57-992e-0e109bda117b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).