---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 73"
citation: "Arkansas SB 73 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18T18:52:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T14:04:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23f057ea-24be-44d7-a2cf-175ea9ad72ac"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a2cd84de02380830df011b8d6faa3bb5e4f47274489cad6d66a22401fdbab4e5"
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 73 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF 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 869** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=869.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 73** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB73.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18T18:52:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-18T19:17:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T18:04:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:08:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:08:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T19:08:33+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:39:00+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:17:48+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T18:47:22+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-04-06T18:47:23+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-04-06T18:47:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:47:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T18:47:26+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:18:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:18:09+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:01:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:01:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T14:04:17+00:00** Notification that SB73 is now Act 869 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23f057ea-24be-44d7-a2cf-175ea9ad72ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).