---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "Arkansas SB 494 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McAlindon", "Stone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-27T21:22:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:32:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1220fed-d96b-4d7e-972d-094546de98af"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "edc84ead30e3bbad2bb730f73e612a972a65170df8e67b07331cf8e2ae822517"
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 494 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW TO REQUIRE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF STATE HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION PERFORM ADDITIONAL DUTIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=711.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB494.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McAlindon — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T21:22:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:43:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:21:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31T00:28:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T00:28:23+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-31T01:11:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:47:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T16:40:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T20:45:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:45:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:14:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:14:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:59:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:59:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:32:02+00:00** Notification that SB494 is now Act 711 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1220fed-d96b-4d7e-972d-094546de98af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).