---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Arkansas SB 317 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Efficiency"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-23T23:06:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-14T18:23:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59c8a2ee-d7ec-4244-9451-a831b4368008"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6f52ab4918b5f42cbe4be0c161258f59b5635262aff4579e8dd96e9ac16ececa"
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 317 (2023) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 235** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=235.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 317** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB317.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Efficiency — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T23:06:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T23:11:37+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:24:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:24:19+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-02-28T20:24:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-02-28T21:39:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-02-28T22:35:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:20:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:20:38+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-03-01T20:20:44+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-01T21:09:55+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-01T21:09:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-01T21:25:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-01T21:25:54+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T18:23:10+00:00** Notification that SB317 is now Act 235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59c8a2ee-d7ec-4244-9451-a831b4368008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).