---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO AMEND THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO AMEND THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 119"
citation: "Arkansas SB 119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Wooten"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T20:11:29+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T15:56:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25931939-89bc-4529-ac44-be3c12f3ef4e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "76f41e0404b2cbf73c3bce2ed04487211e69c92018f12716ab8ddc176cc30bfe"
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 119 (2021) — TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO AMEND THE CATASTROPHIC LEAVE PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB119-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 119** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB119.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T20:11:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T20:42:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T21:10:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03T19:50:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:50:42+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:28:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-03T22:47:35+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`
- **2021-02-23T14:17:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-23T14:17:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T16:29:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T16:47:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T19:58:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T19:59:03+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-11T22:00:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended
- **2021-03-11T22:01:55+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:26:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:23:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:23:14+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-01T18:23:23+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-01T18:23:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:23:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T15:23:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-05T15:23:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T15:56:13+00:00** Notification that SB119 is now Act 573 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25931939-89bc-4529-ac44-be3c12f3ef4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).