---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE AND TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE ARKANSAS RESERVE FUND SET-ASIDE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
description: "TO CREATE AND TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE ARKANSAS RESERVE FUND SET-ASIDE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Arkansas SB 1 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Jean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-08T20:40:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-15T17:07:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d74cf9fb-8bb6-4f5b-9b67-90e55066f208"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7ccebb71b7e6e3c67fd182e12eb407cadaa61bdfabe92c730de9ba84b80e118c"
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 1 (2023S1) — TO CREATE AND TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE ARKANSAS RESERVE FUND SET-ASIDE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE 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 11** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=11.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **SB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FSB1.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-08T20:40:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-11T16:20:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11T20:04:48+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-09-11T20:04:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-12T15:27:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12T15:27:31+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-09-12T15:59:05+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-09-12T16:10:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-13T15:01:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14T14:35:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T14:36:00+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:12:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:12:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-09-14T15:23:27+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-09-14T15:23:30+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15T17:07:04+00:00** Notification that SB1 is now Act 11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d74cf9fb-8bb6-4f5b-9b67-90e55066f208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).