---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER CERTAIN ENTITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO TRANSFER AGRICULTURAL PROMOTIONAL BOARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BY A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TRANSFER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO TRANSFER CERTAIN ENTITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO TRANSFER AGRICULTURAL PROMOTIONAL BOARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BY A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TRANSFER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 506"
citation: "Arkansas SB 506 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Painter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T18:03:23+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:32:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/329a41e7-aba1-4feb-983d-656b13e7bd14"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "68c2a0b16a4ff000a9dc0b7a8aca8ae15b291e2982374554ddecea583038306d"
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 506 (2023) — TO TRANSFER CERTAIN ENTITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO TRANSFER AGRICULTURAL PROMOTIONAL BOARDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BY A CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENT TRANSFER; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=712.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB506-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 506** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB506.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **57–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Painter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T18:03:23+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T18:54:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T21:30:54+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T21:31:02+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-29T21:31:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T21:31:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T23:45:27+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T00:49:37+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T23:59:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:30:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:30:23+00:00** Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
- **2023-04-04T20:30:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:13:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:57:00+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T23:27:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:10:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T23:28:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:28:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:33:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:33:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:32:27+00:00** Notification that SB506 is now Act 712 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/329a41e7-aba1-4feb-983d-656b13e7bd14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).