---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING JOB ORDER CONTRACTING; AND TO INCREASE THE CAP ON JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BID AWARDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING JOB ORDER CONTRACTING; AND TO INCREASE THE CAP ON JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BID AWARDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1582"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1582 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Warren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-08T21:08:34+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:52:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a6d6177-70ce-49cd-87c5-0feb5c26731f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5a23842cd9cd9ef49449f0fa8c29b6a048e5960024aa3e927e8c63dd323edf52"
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 1582 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING JOB ORDER CONTRACTING; AND TO INCREASE THE CAP ON JOB ORDER CONTRACTING BID AWARDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 728** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=728.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1582** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1582.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08T21:08:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-08T22:35:48+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`
- **2023-03-16T17:06:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:02:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T22:14:05+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-28T22:14:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:31:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T18:38:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T18:39:02+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:15:03+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T22:15:05+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:29:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:52:07+00:00** Notification that HB1582 is now Act 728 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a6d6177-70ce-49cd-87c5-0feb5c26731f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).