---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 438"
citation: "Arkansas SB 438 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f391dd71-2a16-484d-b638-1a70b1366415"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "60d7c3f6cb3f5f1efc6566e68e4453604b85ff889a18c36be0543ad9e289387d"
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 438 (2019) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 438** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB438.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-06** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-03-06** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-06** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-06** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2019-03-12** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2019-03-12** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2019-03-12** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2019-03-12** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-12** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-13** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18** Notification that SB438 is now Act 484 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f391dd71-2a16-484d-b638-1a70b1366415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).