---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO ALLOW LIBRARIES TO ACCEPT DEBIT CARD AND CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO ALLOW LIBRARIES TO ACCEPT DEBIT CARD AND CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Arkansas SB 127 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T19:27:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T22:16:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a02a94b-c6be-4b96-91a9-694cf77ba194"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6d3a4c6d28303f204f224394bdd41e2cc075d373a173692c185dada484cbf31f"
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 127 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE TO ALLOW LIBRARIES TO ACCEPT DEBIT CARD AND CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB127-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 127** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB127.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T19:27:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T19:58:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T14:18:30+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-23T14:18:38+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-23T19:11:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-23T19:11:48+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T19:15:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:28:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:28:51+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:41:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-01T23:06:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:11:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T20:07:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:07:51+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:34:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T22:34:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-15T16:46:29+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-15T16:46:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17T22:16:32+00:00** Notification that SB127 is now Act 380 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a02a94b-c6be-4b96-91a9-694cf77ba194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).