---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Arkansas SB 9 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04T17:52:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:44:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcc004c9-4563-4067-809b-f55d84abb78e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e8b7b0bafa7c6a38ce0f199e5a6778a3539e5b8e269e6eeefd97370f005aa462"
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 9 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION 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 761** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=761.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB9-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB9-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB9.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04T17:52:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-09T19:29:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T21:09:33+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-06T21:09:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-06T21:09:41+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-06T22:41:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T22:42:08+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:07:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-04-03T18:07:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-03T18:07:55+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-03T21:54:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-03T21:54:55+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:45:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T19:04:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:04:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T19:04:45+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:36:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:15:20+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.
- **2023-04-06T23:14:03+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:14:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T18:55:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T18:55:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:44:22+00:00** Notification that SB9 is now Act 761 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcc004c9-4563-4067-809b-f55d84abb78e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).