---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OVER INTERSTATE RATES, CHARGES, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER ACTIONS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT RECOVERABLE FROM AN AFFECTED UTILITY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OVER INTERSTATE RATES, CHARGES, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER ACTIONS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT RECOVERABLE FROM AN AFFECTED UTILITY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 576"
citation: "Arkansas SB 576 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "Gilmore"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-03T21:55:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-01T20:13:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ca56597-2ad9-49d1-979d-96112df02100"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b445cee85f6bda76613f3f581b984dd19d2c6b604c9d91c1ec25247e60978f1d"
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 576 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OVER INTERSTATE RATES, CHARGES, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND OTHER ACTIONS; AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT RECOVERABLE FROM AN AFFECTED UTILITY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=560.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 576** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB576.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- Gilmore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T21:55:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-04T00:02:08+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T21:40:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T18:44:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T18:44:37+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:42:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:22:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on INSURANCE & COMMERCE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:21:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:29:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:29:42+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:15:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:16:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:13:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:14:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01T20:13:51+00:00** Notification that SB576 is now Act 560 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ca56597-2ad9-49d1-979d-96112df02100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).