---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL PROJECT REVIEW AND EFFICIENCY STUDY OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL PROJECT REVIEW AND EFFICIENCY STUDY OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 562"
citation: "Arkansas SB 562 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill", "Holcomb"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-24T15:48:10+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:58:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb7a39b9-7a16-4bdb-98cc-f394dc4cff63"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "dc3ebad7e3b2e16bde78e2f3f17ec4a23bbb906cbb5be4a5ef92d63309c02901"
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 562 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE OFFICE OF INTERNAL AUDIT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR AN ANNUAL PROJECT REVIEW AND EFFICIENCY STUDY OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 704** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=704.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 562** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB562.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-24T15:48:10+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:02:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:23:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
- **2025-03-31T22:23:31+00:00** Re-referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T01:50:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T19:45:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T19:45:29+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-07T21:36:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-08T01:14:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T16:37:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10T00:34:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T00:34:42+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:20:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-10T04:20:14+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-10T13:17:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-10T13:17:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T20:58:20+00:00** Notification that SB562 is now Act 704 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb7a39b9-7a16-4bdb-98cc-f394dc4cff63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).