---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS AND CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS AND CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 413"
citation: "Arkansas SB 413 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-13T20:41:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:12:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc2d62e9-6d0d-4730-9af4-0084b3a65429"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6125fc49673d56f408d8b3142e8ca9cbcb97c26ef754b97177ac9b1122cb8aad"
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 413 (2023) — TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENTS AND CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=794.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB413-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB413.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T20:41:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-13T21:39:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:51:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T19:21:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T19:21:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:20:55+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T20:29:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T20:29:51+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-30T20:29:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:02:11+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:41:23+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`
- **2023-04-04T02:24:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T20:16:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:16:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T20:16:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:06:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:06:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:52:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:52:05+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:12:59+00:00** Notification that SB413 is now Act 794 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc2d62e9-6d0d-4730-9af4-0084b3a65429`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).