---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY; TO AMEND THE BOARD OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MEMBERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY; TO AMEND THE BOARD OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MEMBERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Arkansas SB 116 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Womack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T20:10:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-01T22:14:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9974b121-804e-43c9-b59d-9aaeb9f31e83"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "753dfb9416d39152c9881b420b8cd675d5e694e9d8c5a6984168b6ca614bac30"
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 116 (2021) — TO AMEND THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY; TO AMEND THE BOARD OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MEMBERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 116** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB116.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Womack — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Fortner — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T20:10:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T20:45:13+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T20:39:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-21T19:30:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21T19:31:35+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-21T19:32:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-21T19:39:25+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-21T19:53:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T19:26:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T20:22:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T20:22:21+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-27T20:22:28+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-01-27T22:51:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-01-27T22:51:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-01-28T15:38:16+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-01-28T15:38:22+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-01T22:14:23+00:00** Notification that SB116 is now Act 18 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9974b121-804e-43c9-b59d-9aaeb9f31e83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).