---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION AND CANCELLATION OF A RESIDENTIAL LEASE UNDER THE ARKANSAS SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S CIVIL RELIEF ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION AND CANCELLATION OF A RESIDENTIAL LEASE UNDER THE ARKANSAS SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S CIVIL RELIEF ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Arkansas SB 165 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "J. Hendren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T20:17:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-01T20:07:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77a5f0bf-caa1-4bb5-8046-5cbd9ccdc54f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "44f181b0677324b2f4a0dc3deb74fb2a673ce4da919de5d0840e5a3e51cd0593"
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 165 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE TERMINATION AND CANCELLATION OF A RESIDENTIAL LEASE UNDER THE ARKANSAS SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

## 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%2FSB165-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 165** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB165.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- J. Hendren — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T20:17:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-20T20:52:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T21:10:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27T19:48:51+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T22:46:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-08T19:15:48+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-08T19:16:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-08T21:42:39+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:37:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T19:37:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:11:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-09T22:24:06+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T21:23:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23T19:35:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23T19:35:50+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-23T23:37:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-23T23:37:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-24T21:45:53+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-24T21:45:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-01T20:07:07+00:00** Notification that SB165 is now Act 155 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77a5f0bf-caa1-4bb5-8046-5cbd9ccdc54f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).