---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNT; AND TO TRANSFER REVENUES TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO BE USED TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH NEEDS."
description: "TO AMEND THE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNT; AND TO TRANSFER REVENUES TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO BE USED TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH NEEDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 479"
citation: "Arkansas SB 479 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24T18:08:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:02:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e54000bd-baf0-457c-b228-c10bcf68fc61"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b0573efdd042118c40c6f324f6cb4cbe1757fd0ea02c0505254868c0c1e8b7a9"
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 479 (2023) — TO AMEND THE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND ACCOUNT; AND TO TRANSFER REVENUES TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO BE USED TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND HEALTH NEEDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=657.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB479-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 479** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB479.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24T18:08:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-24T20:49:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:45:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T20:29:28+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:29:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:29:38+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:29:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T22:12:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:12:45+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:04:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:46:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:50:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:04:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T22:05:01+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:47:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:47:52+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:58:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:58:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:02:54+00:00** Notification that SB479 is now Act 657 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e54000bd-baf0-457c-b228-c10bcf68fc61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).