---
type: "Bill"
title: "REGARDING LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AND TO TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY RELATED TO LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
description: "REGARDING LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AND TO TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY RELATED TO LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1706"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1706 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Johnson", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-27T18:17:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-13T15:21:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0614323-bb91-41b4-bd64-db9e28425669"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9422ca55fe30eb9874431980ddd3b89625ddd203fecdb87d93b5e9dd1801b32e"
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 HB 1706 (2023) — REGARDING LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; AND TO TRANSFER THE AUTHORITY RELATED TO LIQUID ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=824.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1706-S1.pdf)
3. **HB 1706** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1706.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Johnson — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-27T18:17:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-27T22:59:22+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`
- **2023-03-29T18:42:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T20:19:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T01:23:12+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-31T17:23:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T17:40:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T19:53:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-04-04T19:53:50+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-04-04T21:38:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-04-06T01:32:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T01:32:41+00:00** Returned to the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T02:55:39+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-04-06T02:55:45+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-06T17:05:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T21:53:39+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-06T21:53:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T15:36:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-13T15:21:06+00:00** Notification that HB1706 is now Act 824 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0614323-bb91-41b4-bd64-db9e28425669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).