---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE PLANT BOARD REGARDING CATFISH PROCESSORS AND COMMERCIAL BAIT AND ORNAMENTAL FISH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
description: "TO TRANSFER THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE PLANT BOARD REGARDING CATFISH PROCESSORS AND COMMERCIAL BAIT AND ORNAMENTAL FISH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1618"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1618 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Wing"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14T16:00:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T14:26:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abe4decb-017d-492e-9fda-984dc01a09d3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2101c60dd33a23e2369b6421fe1c35672f3a35e2c079b596eaa9c9562a567010"
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 1618 (2023) — TO TRANSFER THE POWERS, DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE PLANT BOARD REGARDING CATFISH PROCESSORS AND COMMERCIAL BAIT AND ORNAMENTAL FISH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 588** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=588.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1618.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-14T16:00:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-14T21:59:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:39:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T19:23:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:44:31+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:44:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:41:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T01:10:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:10:47+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:00:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:53:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-11T14:26:15+00:00** Notification that HB1618 is now Act 588 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abe4decb-017d-492e-9fda-984dc01a09d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).