---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION AS SET OUT IN ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 42."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION AS SET OUT IN ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 42."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Arkansas SB 71 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Sample"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c269154b-e5b3-4855-90a2-849f4920aa21"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "63e2ae7c48c24a6d28e343b625ab49c66f74c82cd854728257135edc3e04ff9e"
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 71 (2019) — TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION AS SET OUT IN ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 42.

## 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=SB71-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
2. **SB 71** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB71.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Sample — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2019-02-11** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-11** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2019-02-13** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2019-02-13** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1
- **2019-03-05** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2019-03-05** Rules suspended.
- **2019-03-05** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-05** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Notification that SB71 is now Act 331 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c269154b-e5b3-4855-90a2-849f4920aa21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).