---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH EXTRA HELP POSITIONS FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH EXTRA HELP POSITIONS FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Arkansas SB 118 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Wooten"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T20:11:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T22:16:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b79bb8b-d2b4-49b1-9c27-4d7206fbf9a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6f647d7b5aa818aa429f603bc96520ba335ee10fa666939b9a2558287eee7944"
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 118 (2021) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; AND TO ESTABLISH EXTRA HELP POSITIONS FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB118.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **68–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Wooten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T20:11:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T20:43:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T21:10:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03T19:49:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:49:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-03T19:49:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:28:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-03T22:47:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T16:47:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T19:56:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T19:56:59+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-11T19:57:08+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:32:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:32:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-15T16:46:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-15T16:46:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17T22:16:05+00:00** Notification that SB118 is now Act 379 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b79bb8b-d2b4-49b1-9c27-4d7206fbf9a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).