---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE ALLOWABLE BASES FOR BIDS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS."
description: "CONCERNING THE ALLOWABLE BASES FOR BIDS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1318"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1318 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "J. Bryant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30T16:03:55+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T19:41:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41b0bb0e-5509-4920-a3bb-ec2a54194bad"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1552f7e9bc2be2f32c9cc641a4ddc40766534ea5db7ef258dab0514fbf09655b"
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 1318 (2023) — CONCERNING THE ALLOWABLE BASES FOR BIDS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=208.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1318-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1318** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1318.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- J. Bryant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30T16:03:55+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T19:53:54+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`
- **2023-02-01T19:29:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T17:26:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T19:15:52+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-06T19:16:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:19:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:54:05+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T19:22:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22T19:43:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-22T19:43:20+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-22T20:48:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-27T20:39:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:39:29+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-02-27T21:40:53+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-02-27T21:40:58+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T16:24:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02T19:13:28+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-02T19:13:31+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-02T21:07:57+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-06T19:41:48+00:00** Notification that HB1318 is now Act 208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41b0bb0e-5509-4920-a3bb-ec2a54194bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).