---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY COSTS FOR HOLDING STATE INMATES, PROBATIONERS, AND PAROLEES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY COSTS FOR HOLDING STATE INMATES, PROBATIONERS, AND PAROLEES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Arkansas SB 72 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18T18:51:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T22:51:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0f10c35-9730-4ce6-a928-d08f803d72b8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "bbfe19762eef789456bf256f1299bcfe52a8f859c7460a0924158adf24312915"
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 72 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF COUNTY COSTS FOR HOLDING STATE INMATES, PROBATIONERS, AND PAROLEES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 133** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=133.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 72** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB72.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T18:51:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T19:16:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T19:11:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08T19:33:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T19:33:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-08T19:33:30+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-08T20:36:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-08T23:09:57+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`
- **2023-02-15T17:01:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T18:05:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T18:05:48+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-16T18:05:56+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:04:27+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-02-16T20:04:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-02-20T15:51:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-02-20T15:52:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27T22:51:51+00:00** Notification that SB72 is now Act 133 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0f10c35-9730-4ce6-a928-d08f803d72b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).