---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS APPROPRIATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
description: "AN ACT TO DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS APPROPRIATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1865"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1865 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/590972de-472c-4bfc-93ee-e23a19e9d7b1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ccc69156cf1f7100f7ebbd3f7a05eebc2304818a66b3720a02bd4ebe36c3a3ed"
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 HB 1865 (2019) — AN ACT TO DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS APPROPRIATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1865-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **HB 1865** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1865.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-04-08** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-08** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-04-09** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-04-09** Received from the House.
- **2019-04-09** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-04-10** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2019-04-10** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2019-04-10** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2019-04-15** Notification that HB1865 is now Act 1023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/590972de-472c-4bfc-93ee-e23a19e9d7b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).