---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE JAIL BOOKING AND ADMINISTRATION FEE; TO CREATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUND; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES."
description: "CONCERNING THE JAIL BOOKING AND ADMINISTRATION FEE; TO CREATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUND; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Arkansas SB 237 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9526eb4c-9f72-4bf6-8e88-baf71b30c757"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f7e770ed41b277bf7f74750861552fe8b7f741055ceeaf1026533d067bac4084"
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 237 (2019) — CONCERNING THE JAIL BOOKING AND ADMINISTRATION FEE; TO CREATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FUND; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE FUNDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 237** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB237.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-02-14** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-02-14** 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`
- **2019-02-27** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-05** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-05** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-05** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-06** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Notification that SB237 is now Act 372 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9526eb4c-9f72-4bf6-8e88-baf71b30c757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).