---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION DECISIONS TO BE SERVED ELECTRONICALLY."
description: "TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION DECISIONS TO BE SERVED ELECTRONICALLY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 397"
citation: "Arkansas SB 397 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Tosh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T19:36:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:59:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc324609-f05e-4b33-b04a-742fa6880079"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d11765eb2dcd456680a9d4a3f6b80d6de73f70d2309618de32140abe56c506aa"
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 397 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION DECISIONS TO BE SERVED ELECTRONICALLY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 474** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=474.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB397.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09T19:36:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-09T19:52:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T22:24:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T19:52:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T19:52:31+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-15T19:52:41+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-15T21:42:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-15T23:04:18+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`
- **2023-03-30T02:03:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T21:44:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:44:24+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:44:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-31T16:45:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-31T17:00:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-31T17:00:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:59:03+00:00** Notification that SB397 is now Act 474 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc324609-f05e-4b33-b04a-742fa6880079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).