---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND SERVICES UNDER THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND SERVICES UNDER THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 497"
citation: "Arkansas SB 497 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Maddox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T13:50:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:04:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d6f4280-6d62-430c-a828-0c6b99c769ad"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4b79cc6de83d6223b8e41dd9336dd0421286930f584f674cb411631f9bf36a6f"
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 497 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND SERVICES UNDER THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=660.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB497.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Maddox — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T13:50:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T18:51:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:42:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T18:08:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T18:08:36+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:40:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:19:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:06:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:24:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:24:58+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:14:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:14:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:04:17+00:00** Notification that SB497 is now Act 660 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d6f4280-6d62-430c-a828-0c6b99c769ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).