---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF CERTAIN REGULATORY FEES AND CHARGES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF CERTAIN REGULATORY FEES AND CHARGES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1322"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1322 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cavenaugh", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-30T18:47:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-21T13:47:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a47d94-a0c1-42af-9e5d-56089536cdf5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9e4265a70c2a3a8b7f7818052638c4a9934ef5b4dbf415c2b75525aba4dc87ab"
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 1322 (2023) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE REDUCTION OF CERTAIN REGULATORY FEES AND CHARGES; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 114** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=114.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1322.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cavenaugh — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30T18:47:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-30T19:54:47+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T17:29:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-09T21:42:04+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-09T21:42:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T19:21:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15T20:26:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:27:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-15T20:27:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:51:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-15T21:51:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-16T15:09:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-21T13:47:57+00:00** Notification that HB1322 is now Act 114 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a47d94-a0c1-42af-9e5d-56089536cdf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).