---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ARKANSAS SENTENCING COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ARKANSAS SENTENCING COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Arkansas SB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10T20:14:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:30:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a9aa75a-6496-489b-a837-f19e70c81a21"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "30efecf2827abbfffa614bc2082486e3466117a32c61c4a3dcb95f94d902a77a"
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 45 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - ARKANSAS SENTENCING COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 607** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=607.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB45-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 45** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB45.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10T20:14:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-11T16:13:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:28:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T18:30:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T18:30:15+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-03T21:53:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T20:43:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:43:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-04T20:43:58+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:11:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:54:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T18:49:51+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-04-05T18:49:52+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-04-05T18:49:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T18:49:54+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T18:49:55+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:29:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:29:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:37:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:37:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:30:29+00:00** Notification that SB45 is now Act 607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a9aa75a-6496-489b-a837-f19e70c81a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).