---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; TO AMEND THE USED TIRE PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; TO AMEND THE USED TIRE PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 508"
citation: "Arkansas SB 508 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales", "J. Payton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-28T18:11:34+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:32:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0718d5bd-3838-4c56-8564-69b14993ae56"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cbda7d79ff561e81c874e1ddec38a5a9d912cb203e9a4191409fc6d99ce792e3"
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 508 (2023) — TO AMEND THE USED TIRE RECYCLING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; TO AMEND THE USED TIRE PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 713** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=713.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB508-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB508-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB508-S1.pdf)
5. **SB 508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB508.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzales — primary (person)
- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T18:11:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T18:56:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T20:35:25+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:35:32+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-29T20:35:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:35:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T23:46:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T23:46:39+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T17:27:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T20:38:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T20:38:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-03T20:38:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T22:57:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:46:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T22:34:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:53:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-05T21:53:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06T17:41:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T17:41:17+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06T19:44:10+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T14:04:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T14:53:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:53:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T14:54:06+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-07T15:48:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2023-04-07T15:48:21+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T16:09:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:09:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-07T16:45:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-07T16:45:27+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 & 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T16:45:31+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-07T16:45:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:45:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-07T16:45:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:21:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:21:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:32:49+00:00** Notification that SB508 is now Act 713 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0718d5bd-3838-4c56-8564-69b14993ae56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).