---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO CREATE THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT TO CREATE THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2020S1"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Arkansas SB 2 (2020S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Hendren"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-03-26"
last_action: "2020-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/893f7af2-df15-4141-a478-b35816e0c5ec"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1bbbb8fdc2b6f28119d8144ba0db1f3f3cc0308682a4ddd068b8bb1700335548"
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 2 (2020S1) — AN ACT TO CREATE THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE COVID-19 RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2020S1/Public/Searchable/SB2.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Hendren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-26** Filed `introduction`
- **2020-03-26** Read the first time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-26** Motion to consider Senate Bill 2 in the Committee of the Whole
- **2020-03-26** Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2 was considered at this time.
- **2020-03-26** Rules suspended.
- **2020-03-26** Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2 failed of adoption
- **2020-03-26** Senate Bill 2 was read a 2nd time and placed on the calendar.
- **2020-03-27** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-27** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2020-03-27** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2020-03-27** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2020-03-27** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-03-28** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2020-03-28** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2020-03-28** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2020-03-28** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2020-03-28** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2020-03-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-28** Notification that SB2 is now Act 1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/893f7af2-df15-4141-a478-b35816e0c5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).