republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2023/hb-1735.md

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Bill	TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO NONMANDATORY STATE CONTRACTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.	TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO NONMANDATORY STATE CONTRACTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2023	HB 1735	Arkansas HB 1735 (2023)	bill		enacted	J. Dotson Wardlaw	2	13	2	2023-03-27T22:33:38+00:00	2023-04-11T17:00:20+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ac78d9b0-74fb-4858-9fad-78e695afa61c	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	209a05d6c622055668fc9f146787f693ce7f7b74711edda4b8360c6783f8b9c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas HB 1735 (2023) — TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO NONMANDATORY STATE CONTRACTS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Version chain

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

1. Act 556 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1735 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• J. Dotson — primary (person)
• Wardlaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-27T22:33:38+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2023-03-27T23:06:44+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
• 2023-03-29T18:38:29+00:00 Returned by the Committee Do Pass committee-passage
• 2023-03-30T20:33:06+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-31T01:27:20+00:00 Received from the House.
• 2023-03-31T17:27:27+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-04T17:52:57+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-06T01:34:23+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-06T01:34:27+00:00 Returned to the House as passed.
• 2023-04-06T03:03:47+00:00 Returned From the Senate as passed.
• 2023-04-06T03:03:50+00:00 TO BE ENROLLED
• 2023-04-06T14:54:08+00:00 Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
• 2023-04-11T17:00:20+00:00 Notification that HB1735 is now Act 556 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac78d9b0-74fb-4858-9fad-78e695afa61c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).