---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL AN OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE."
description: "TO REPEAL AN OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 488"
citation: "Arkansas SB 488 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T18:29:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:31:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9cded20-1e04-4c7d-ad96-a760d1dfd8c0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e2c187ae73c86b7d969c4d573af54d3ac713ba58b497e58ecda3ab5d9e4fb50"
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 488 (2023) — TO REPEAL AN OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIREMENT REGARDING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=610.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 488** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB488.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T18:29:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T20:36:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:45:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T22:29:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T22:29:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:04:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:47:08+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`
- **2023-04-04T17:48:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:31:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:31:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:47:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:47:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:59:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:59:33+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:31:58+00:00** Notification that SB488 is now Act 610 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9cded20-1e04-4c7d-ad96-a760d1dfd8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).