---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING DRAFTING REQUESTS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS TO LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING DRAFTING REQUESTS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS TO LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Arkansas SB 353 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dotson", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-02T19:23:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:41:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/193a7f71-a5c5-45ee-9976-3a800960f15d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e2485a1dc7197131482149bb4b2a2920993b407e3b2b7cd196f4cf75496e5273"
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 353 (2023) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING DRAFTING REQUESTS AND INFORMATION REQUESTS TO LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 627** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=627.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB353-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 353** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB353.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dotson — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-02T19:23:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-02T21:05:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:38:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T17:46:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T17:46:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-09T19:50:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T19:13:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:13:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-13T22:01:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-13T23:06:45+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`
- **2023-03-30T02:06:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T19:07:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T03:35:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:35:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:45:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:45:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:41:27+00:00** Notification that SB353 is now Act 627 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/193a7f71-a5c5-45ee-9976-3a800960f15d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).