---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Arkansas SB 293 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Efficiency"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded1f5c7-49cf-44b5-8cd3-d18717aad61e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2a1f416600116767a3b59ead23b674971397ab6fd68aa2c124579fd04673b3f"
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 293 (2019) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS SENATE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2019-2020 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 293** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB293.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Senate Efficiency — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-12** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-02-12** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-02-12** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-02-13** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-13** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-02-13** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-02-14** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-02-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-18** Notification that SB293 is now Act 146 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded1f5c7-49cf-44b5-8cd3-d18717aad61e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).