---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1249"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1249 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25T20:09:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T15:00:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a2cf21b-4640-4edd-bb55-6d484eeeafd6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a1090d738a5691637f6d5689acccdd73c75adc36d83c4c60f142baaeec5a3451"
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 HB 1249 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY 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 434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=434.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1249** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1249.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25T20:09:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-25T20:11:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T16:15:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:39:10+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2023-03-28T19:39:11+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2023-03-28T19:39:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:39:13+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-28T22:11:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-28T22:11:43+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T22:09:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T22:09:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-29T22:09:22+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:36:06+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T22:36:07+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T14:19:26+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-04T15:00:42+00:00** Notification that HB1249 is now Act 434 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a2cf21b-4640-4edd-bb55-6d484eeeafd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).