---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL DISTRICT COURTS TO CREATE THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM."
description: "CONCERNING THE REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL DISTRICT COURTS TO CREATE THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 373"
citation: "Arkansas SB 373 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "J. Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07T18:51:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:20:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3eda177-2723-4dda-93f1-ec5ac1b9b10d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "97989d622d913d54e39e08b5462ab091bc4966a9a6e6b2eab0758347908fba57"
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 373 (2023) — CONCERNING THE REORGANIZATION OF LOCAL DISTRICT COURTS TO CREATE THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE DISTRICT COURT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=685.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 373** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB373.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T18:51:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-07T19:27:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13T18:20:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T19:22:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:22:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-14T21:22:30+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-14T22:07:17+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`
- **2023-04-04T18:33:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:35:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:35:30+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:18:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:18:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:47:32+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:47:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:20:08+00:00** Notification that SB373 is now Act 685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3eda177-2723-4dda-93f1-ec5ac1b9b10d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).