---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Arkansas SB 55 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T16:09:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:31:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca9ba344-de6a-496d-8836-ec50ac14bf5b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "931804875a114b929514ad183248f766f4773298b0a4a66b33d94629b3cadd79"
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 55 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=609.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB55-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 55** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB55.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T16:09:57+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T16:27:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T20:03:19+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-27T20:03:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T20:03:30+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T22:35:21+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T22:35:28+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T18:30:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T21:35:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T21:35:38+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-03T21:35:39+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-03T23:12:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-04T00:40:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T18:50:56+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-04-04T18:50:57+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-04-04T18:50:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T18:50:59+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-04T18:51:00+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2023-04-05T17:17:29+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-05T17:17:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:38:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:38:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:31:31+00:00** Notification that SB55 is now Act 609 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca9ba344-de6a-496d-8836-ec50ac14bf5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).