---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND ACT; TO AMEND THE PAYMENT LIMIT PER OCCURRENCE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND ACT; TO AMEND THE PAYMENT LIMIT PER OCCURRENCE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1520"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1520 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Boyd", "Ladyman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-01T15:07:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T15:06:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6357abd4-c950-4b82-9aab-2f5d3a741f54"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d9b7ffdfd4ba84b9be04e8e28f649782c8dbfa674913dea5548e8d6ae6aa1c78"
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 1520 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND ACT; TO AMEND THE PAYMENT LIMIT PER OCCURRENCE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=422.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1520-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1520** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1520.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Boyd — primary (person)
- Ladyman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T15:07:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T22:30:19+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07T22:33:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:23:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T20:23:14+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-08T22:04:38+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-08T22:04:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:37:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15T20:10:27+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-15T20:10:32+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T20:10:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-15T23:44:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T19:40:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:40:45+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-16T19:41:12+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-16T20:29:52+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-27T19:26:39+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-27T19:26:42+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-28T13:48:35+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T15:06:47+00:00** Notification that HB1520 is now Act 422 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6357abd4-c950-4b82-9aab-2f5d3a741f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).