---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1403 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haak"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-13T15:41:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-27T19:17:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3718409-ce8f-4640-86ef-1b828d99591e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e9cc7a10f6f96b8df891faa6cb1d3b50f78335e3104310262a4058ea95162cbd"
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 1403 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE - ARKANSAS NATURAL RESOURCES 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 158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=158.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1403.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T15:41:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T22:32:26+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`
- **2023-02-16T19:15:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T20:42:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:42:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-21T22:14:24+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-21T22:14:30+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T20:12:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:12:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-23T20:12:57+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2023-02-23T20:55:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-02-23T20:55:04+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-02-23T21:43:36+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-02-27T19:17:22+00:00** Notification that HB1403 is now Act 158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3718409-ce8f-4640-86ef-1b828d99591e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).