TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND SERVICES UNDER THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
Apr 2023
Introduced Mar 28, 2023
Signed Apr 11, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2023 · House Apr 7, 2023
How they voted
20–1
Passed
Total votes 21
Apr 5, 2023
D
Democratic2
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Apr 11, 2023
Signed into law
Notification that SB497 is now Act 660
upper
Apr 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 7, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 28, 2023
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bart Hester
RRepublican
P
John Maddox
RRepublican
Co
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
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