---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023S1"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Arkansas SB 10 (2023S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "Ray"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-09-13T00:04:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-09-15T17:06:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/089bbe33-f8f4-42e8-83ac-a2e3076cacd8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b77b9a4a6e8d0330ead4162b6fa2ad39bca65cab6034f1a6e7df6d7bf5ff14d3"
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 10 (2023S1) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 7** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2F&file=7.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023S1)
2. **SB 10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2023S1%2FPublic%2FSB10.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-09-13T00:04:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-09-13T00:11:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-13T15:20:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13T15:27:42+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-09-13T15:28:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13T15:28:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-13T15:28:59+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-09-13T15:49:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-09-13T17:00:03+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`
- **2023-09-13T19:18:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14T14:24:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T14:24:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-09-14T14:25:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:15:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-09-14T15:15:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-09-14T15:24:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-09-14T15:24:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15T17:06:41+00:00** Notification that SB10 is now Act 7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/089bbe33-f8f4-42e8-83ac-a2e3076cacd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).