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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY."
+description: "DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 622"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 622 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Shepherd"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-04-01T14:32:39+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-14T15:18:37+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c151e65d-595a-409b-858e-29cc01683dcf"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "e935c1c0e8198ded59346596fd1d568b964f3f5d109729773f889327db780793"
+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 622 (2021) — DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY.
+
+## 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%2FSB622-S1.pdf)
+2. **SB 622** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB622.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
+- Affirm the ruling of the Speaker upheld — **61–34** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **65–26** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hickey — primary (person)
+- Shepherd — primary (person)
+- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
+- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-01T14:32:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-04-01T18:30:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-05T22:45:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06T18:29:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-06T18:29:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-06T19:49:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-07T19:52:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07T19:53:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2021-04-07T22:05:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2021-04-07T22:25:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08T21:58:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-12T21:50:10+00:00** Objection was made - improperly reported out of committee - appeal presented to full House
+- **2021-04-12T21:56:17+00:00** Affirm the ruling of the Speaker upheld
+- **2021-04-12T21:56:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12T21:56:55+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2021-04-13T18:49:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2021-04-13T18:49:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-13T20:30:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2021-04-13T20:30:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-14T15:18:37+00:00** Notification that SB622 is now Act 681 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c151e65d-595a-409b-858e-29cc01683dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+