---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE RECORDS CUSTODIANS TO RESPOND IN WRITING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
description: "TO REQUIRE RECORDS CUSTODIANS TO RESPOND IN WRITING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "Arkansas SB 380 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07T22:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T14:12:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b862bb8a-1af5-4ca5-a25c-404f8a7188ba"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "80e0c791008336d7d273f667e0dd4f4ab57d78cd06d1ab7705a512b474e540c7"
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 380 (2023) — TO REQUIRE RECORDS CUSTODIANS TO RESPOND IN WRITING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=879.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB380-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB380-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 380** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB380.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–11** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07T22:32:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-07T23:29:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T13:34:43+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-27T13:34:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-27T13:34:58+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-27T18:24:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-27T18:24:30+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28T18:49:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T18:47:50+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T18:47:57+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:32:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T20:16:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T20:17:03+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:01:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:39:17+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`
- **2023-04-05T17:04:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:04:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:04:38+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:21:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:21:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:25:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:25:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13T14:12:53+00:00** Notification that SB380 is now Act 879 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b862bb8a-1af5-4ca5-a25c-404f8a7188ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).