---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR WHEN A PETITION FOR AN INITIAL ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE SOUGHT AND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH RETROACTIVE CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE AWARDED."
description: "TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR WHEN A PETITION FOR AN INITIAL ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE SOUGHT AND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH RETROACTIVE CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE AWARDED."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 311"
citation: "Arkansas SB 311 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Haak"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-23T18:09:46+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:39:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40242e13-48c6-4901-b0d4-7ef6b33bc861"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e147b8f33ed43699b92d0f711533eba366e660e392fda8d6042f7408df1c1256"
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 311 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS PERIOD FOR WHEN A PETITION FOR AN INITIAL ORDER OF CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE SOUGHT AND THE PERIOD OF TIME FOR WHICH RETROACTIVE CHILD SUPPORT MAY BE AWARDED.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=623.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB311-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB311-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB311.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **53–27** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Haak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T18:09:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T20:20:09+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:44:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T17:46:20+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T17:46:29+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-09T19:51:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T19:01:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:01:24+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T21:59:52+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:05:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T13:29:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T13:29:36+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-27T16:47:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-04T18:32:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:38:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:39:35+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T03:54:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T03:54:39+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T23:59:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-07T14:26:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-07T14:26:06+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2023-04-07T14:26:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-04-07T14:26:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:26:23+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:06:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:06:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:39:42+00:00** Notification that SB311 is now Act 623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40242e13-48c6-4901-b0d4-7ef6b33bc861`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).