---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST AND TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE OFFICE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST AND TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE OFFICE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 433"
citation: "Arkansas SB 433 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-15T19:39:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:25:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83111c30-175d-47df-8013-5d8c23acda97"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "699e4b9b9e5358057680635e4f20d3816dfec5d01074deadae820d713ac4647c"
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 433 (2023) — TO ABOLISH THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST AND TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE ARKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO THE OFFICE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=697.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 433** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB433.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15T19:39:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-15T20:39:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:42:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T19:22:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:23:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-29T19:23:14+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-29T21:05:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-29T23:34:42+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`
- **2023-04-03T17:25:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:52:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:52:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T19:52:24+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:38:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:38:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:53:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:53:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:25:04+00:00** Notification that SB433 is now Act 697 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83111c30-175d-47df-8013-5d8c23acda97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).