---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DELEGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DELEGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Arkansas SB 128 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotson", "J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T19:28:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-08T20:30:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3dd1f0-8ef6-4b7c-8a45-8a61ec230bb3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5b9b04db29cfe2dfcc2647a59f0853ed860f0fbf1c301a10f9b8d3693690b1f8"
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 128 (2021) — TO AMEND THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; AND TO DELEGATE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ARKANSAS CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 128** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB128.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Dotson — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T19:28:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T19:58:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T21:48:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26T19:24:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26T19:24:52+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-26T21:00:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-26T22:35:44+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`
- **2021-02-01T19:08:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02T19:31:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02T19:32:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-02T20:05:10+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-02T20:05:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-02T20:05:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-02T20:05:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-08T20:30:13+00:00** Notification that SB128 is now Act 70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da3dd1f0-8ef6-4b7c-8a45-8a61ec230bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).