---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; TO CLARIFY CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; AND TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN BEQUESTS AND TESTAMENTARY DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUSTS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS."
description: "TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; TO CLARIFY CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; AND TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN BEQUESTS AND TESTAMENTARY DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUSTS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 484"
citation: "Arkansas SB 484 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Collins", "C. Tucker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T16:12:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:30:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e12e506-8499-4e1e-96bd-53273c1b121b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f1e4b561fd5da4d177a5c53cca808cfa595122ff2d3bc544231f86563e4ba4cd"
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 484 (2023) — TO MODIFY THE LAW CONCERNING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; TO CLARIFY CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; AND TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN BEQUESTS AND TESTAMENTARY DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TRUSTS FROM CONTRIBUTIONS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=708.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 484** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB484.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

- A. Collins — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T16:12:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T18:39:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T21:42:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T19:24:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T19:25:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:56:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:45:13+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T16:39:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:35:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:35:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:26:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:26:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:32:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:32:14+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:30:53+00:00** Notification that SB484 is now Act 708 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e12e506-8499-4e1e-96bd-53273c1b121b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).