---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Arkansas SB 196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "Milligan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25T22:02:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T15:55:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ccfd653-59e2-4924-9aa0-9352c6882619"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e898e6f709a00358b0bb239b4539454f174be72ab4e3e0150f2530bed5256ed0"
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 196 (2021) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE AWARDING OF ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967.

## 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%2FSB196-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB196-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 196** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB196.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Milligan — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25T22:02:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-25T22:59:30+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T14:36:39+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-01T14:37:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-01T19:11:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-01T19:11:45+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:42:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:21:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T18:21:10+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T19:43:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:16:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T18:16:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:38:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:52:36+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`
- **2021-03-31T18:06:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T19:29:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T19:29:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-01T21:20:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-01T21:20:54+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T15:27:14+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-05T15:27:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T15:55:57+00:00** Notification that SB196 is now Act 572 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ccfd653-59e2-4924-9aa0-9352c6882619`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).