---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOND ACT OF 1985; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF A PUBLIC NATURE\" TO INCLUDE CEMETERY FACILITIES AND APPARATUS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOND ACT OF 1985; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \"CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF A PUBLIC NATURE\" TO INCLUDE CEMETERY FACILITIES AND APPARATUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 533"
citation: "Arkansas SB 533 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["718", "J. Moore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29T19:10:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:34:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e83c78aa-72ac-499d-8e69-723faed899df"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3b241c4a57c9bc1a4de0a40bc39b4a6171e609814ab7b09779030166706b180f"
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 533 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOND ACT OF 1985; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF A PUBLIC NATURE" TO INCLUDE CEMETERY FACILITIES AND APPARATUS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 718** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=718.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 533** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB533.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- 718 — primary (person)
- J. Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29T19:10:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-29T22:51:59+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:24:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31T00:33:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T00:33:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-31T01:12:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:48:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T16:40:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:33:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:33:29+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:38:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:38:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T15:01:08+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T15:01:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:34:10+00:00** Notification that SB533 is now Act 717 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e83c78aa-72ac-499d-8e69-723faed899df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).