---
type: "Bill"
title: "REQUIRING AN INMATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FIRST EXHAUST ALL AVAILABLE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO FILING A CLAIM UNDER THE ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1993 OR ANY OTHER STATE LAW."
description: "REQUIRING AN INMATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FIRST EXHAUST ALL AVAILABLE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO FILING A CLAIM UNDER THE ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1993 OR ANY OTHER STATE LAW."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Arkansas SB 116 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c850fd07-fc50-4056-988e-45c7e110f294"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6af296c56b460392b674fa1ca51deb40cd340dbb27eda88df5f560ac01159da6"
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 116 (2019) — REQUIRING AN INMATE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION TO FIRST EXHAUST ALL AVAILABLE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO FILING A CLAIM UNDER THE ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1993 OR ANY OTHER STATE LAW.

## 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=SB116-S1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB116.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-28** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2019-01-28** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-01-29** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-01-29** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-01-29** 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`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-06** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-19** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-19** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-19** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-21** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-26** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 2
- **2019-02-26** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2019-02-26** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 & 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** House Amendment No. 1 and 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-03-06** Rules suspended.
- **2019-03-06** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-11** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Notification that SB116 is now Act 444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c850fd07-fc50-4056-988e-45c7e110f294`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).