---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS, DEFINE MONIES AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, AND TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
description: "AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS, DEFINE MONIES AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, AND TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 578"
citation: "Arkansas SB 578 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-04T15:01:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:14:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09384a0e-1064-4178-b015-7d8e1f7c0722"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ffb3ef6ef943e5d1690725a0f62d5f7c5c1ccc3a1556fd5c3251baac1c57efbf"
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 578 (2023) — AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS, DEFINE MONIES AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, AND TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=561.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 578** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB578.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-04T15:01:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-04-04T17:58:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T17:33:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05T20:25:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:25:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-05T20:25:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-05T21:42:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T23:22:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T17:33:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T17:33:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-04-06T17:33:50+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:15:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T23:15:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:34:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:34:37+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:14:15+00:00** Notification that SB578 is now Act 561 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09384a0e-1064-4178-b015-7d8e1f7c0722`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).