---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER THE CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITY REVIEW COMMITTEES, AND THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO TRANSFER THE CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITY REVIEW COMMITTEES, AND THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "Arkansas SB 267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Tosh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T20:12:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:02:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad97822d-281a-4c42-9fa2-2a2dfc2cc86e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0f261f4b6df91856991b56b7296083d725f43c2b84a47a69a5deea90830d9e14"
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 SB 267 (2023) — TO TRANSFER THE CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITY REVIEW COMMITTEES, AND THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL DETENTION FACILITIES REVIEW COORDINATOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=306.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB267-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB267.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T20:12:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T21:29:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T19:39:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23T18:08:33+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T19:24:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01T19:37:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-01T19:37:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-01T20:51:44+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-01T20:52:06+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:40:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06T19:50:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T19:50:18+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-06T19:50:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-06T22:00:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-06T22:32:41+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`
- **2023-03-08T18:27:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-14T20:06:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T20:06:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-14T20:07:03+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:47:45+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-14T21:47:50+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-15T13:26:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-15T13:26:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:02:45+00:00** Notification that SB267 is now Act 306 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad97822d-281a-4c42-9fa2-2a2dfc2cc86e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).