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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
+description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 196"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 196 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Milligan"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-25T22:02:25+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-07T15:55:57+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccfd653-59e2-4924-9aa0-9352c6882619"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "e898e6f709a00358b0bb239b4539454f174be72ab4e3e0150f2530bed5256ed0"
+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 196 (2021) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB196-S1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB196-S2.pdf)
+3. **SB 196** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB196.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
+- Milligan — primary (person)
+- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-25T22:02:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25T22:59:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-01T14:36:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2021-02-01T14:37:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-02-01T19:11:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-02-01T19:11:45+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11T23:42:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15T18:21:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-15T18:21:10+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-15T19:43:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-16T18:16:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16T18:16:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-03-16T20:38:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-03-16T21:52:36+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`
+- **2021-03-31T18:06:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01T19:29:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01T19:29:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-01T21:20:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-01T21:20:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-05T15:27:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-05T15:27:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-07T15:55:57+00:00** Notification that SB196 is now Act 572 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccfd653-59e2-4924-9aa0-9352c6882619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+