---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ENTITIES FROM CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTT ENERGY, FOSSIL FUEL, FIREARMS, AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRIES."
description: "TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ENTITIES FROM CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTT ENERGY, FOSSIL FUEL, FIREARMS, AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "Arkansas SB 62 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17T16:53:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:33:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/420c9282-305b-4f62-b5fa-8bff5f3f40d7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5506b08533a6c8915935f71444e7c7c15aede3865f9e020f746c841bebe8ba1b"
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 62 (2023) — TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC ENTITIES FROM CONTRACTING WITH COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTT ENERGY, FOSSIL FUEL, FIREARMS, AND AMMUNITION INDUSTRIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=611.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB62-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 62** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB62.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T16:53:49+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T19:12:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:37:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T17:52:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T17:53:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:22:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-09T22:37:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T02:23:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04T13:30:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T13:30:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-04T16:31:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-05T20:27:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:27:49+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T03:01:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T03:01:11+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T18:26:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T22:10:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-06T22:10:07+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T22:10:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-06T22:10:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T22:10:25+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:00:31+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:00:32+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:33:02+00:00** Notification that SB62 is now Act 611 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/420c9282-305b-4f62-b5fa-8bff5f3f40d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).