---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LIFE CHOICES LIFELINE PROGRAM TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE AND ENSURE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LIFE CHOICES LIFELINE PROGRAM TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE AND ENSURE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 465"
citation: "Arkansas SB 465 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T20:42:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:28:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8f22913-23f4-44ac-9342-39db12a55e20"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4ea60ad17b487b4e73224f9c66000a4eae0d05d703f60af6c7be188608f0081c"
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 465 (2023) — TO CREATE THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; AND TO AMEND THE LIFE CHOICES LIFELINE PROGRAM TO CLARIFY LANGUAGE AND ENSURE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=703.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB465-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB465-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 465** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB465.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:42:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T21:50:38+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:17:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T19:08:54+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:08:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:37:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T22:10:16+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-30T22:10:31+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T22:10:39+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T23:25:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T23:25:41+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:28:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T18:40:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T18:41:03+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T23:08:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:44:31+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:26:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:03:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:03:39+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:07:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:07:50+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:56:19+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:56:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:28:23+00:00** Notification that SB465 is now Act 703 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8f22913-23f4-44ac-9342-39db12a55e20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).