---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES; AND TO CLARIFY THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED IN REGULATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES; AND TO CLARIFY THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED IN REGULATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1845"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1845 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-04T00:05:45+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T15:02:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d445dcca-9ef8-4fb7-a932-cb780fea96cd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "68e4c838f54c300125b866fa99746d29a228ea53abc2c140116240255bb3b367"
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 1845 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES; AND TO CLARIFY THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION USED IN REGULATING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL JUSTICE, OR GOVERNANCE SCORES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 760** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=760.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1845** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1845.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04T00:05:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-04T00:39:41+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`
- **2023-04-04T22:05:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T18:54:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T02:54:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-04-06T02:54:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T16:05:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T16:39:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T16:39:45+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:04:13+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:04:15+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-10T12:44:54+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T15:02:53+00:00** Notification that HB1845 is now Act 760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d445dcca-9ef8-4fb7-a932-cb780fea96cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).