---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT PROCUREMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT PROCUREMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1524"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1524 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "M. Berry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T19:37:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:32:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c376aabb-f41d-4fce-af1d-a1aab4459acb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6a1793a20276efef4a2310c8332f37a1fc3a8d66a9e4de7c85ebcae860c87813"
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 1524 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT PROCUREMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 336** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=336.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1524** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1524.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- M. Berry — primary (person)
- J. Moore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T19:37:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T22:31:12+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`
- **2023-03-08T18:26:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09T17:53:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-09T20:02:25+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-09T20:02:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T22:27:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T19:42:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:42:17+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:27:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-16T20:27:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-17T13:59:06+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:32:45+00:00** Notification that HB1524 is now Act 336 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c376aabb-f41d-4fce-af1d-a1aab4459acb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).