---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "Arkansas SB 164 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T19:58:32+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:28:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47f2bbd0-3da5-4652-95ab-d84f0cc15d18"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e22da040f06ca5cba4ffea3a4b56eea20f5d3db3f8ead71504299b98f6062c72"
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 164 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

## 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%2FSB164-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB164-S2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB164-S3.pdf)
4. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB164-S4.pdf)
5. **Amendment S5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB164-S5.pdf)
6. **Amendment S6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB164-S6.pdf)
7. **SB 164** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB164.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T19:58:32+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-20T20:52:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T14:47:35+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-01-28T14:47:45+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-01-28T19:10:34+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-28T19:10:55+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T21:01:06+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-02-24T21:01:08+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-24T21:36:29+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-24T21:36:51+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T20:12:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2021-03-08T21:09:23+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-08T23:00:03+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T19:26:51+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 4
- **2021-03-15T19:27:13+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T21:15:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T21:15:54+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T20:38:58+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 5
- **2021-04-14T20:39:58+00:00** Amendment read 1st time, Rules Suspended, Read 2nd time adopted, Ordered Engrossed. Amendment #5
- **2021-04-14T21:52:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T21:53:02+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:32:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 6 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T20:19:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T20:19:38+00:00** Amendment # 6 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T21:26:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T21:58:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:58:56+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-20T21:59:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-20T22:43:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-20T23:12:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21T19:16:57+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:17:00+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T19:17:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:50:16+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:50:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T18:03:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T18:03:40+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:28:02+00:00** Notification that SB164 is now Act 918 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47f2bbd0-3da5-4652-95ab-d84f0cc15d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).