---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VACANCY, SUSPENSION, AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY ELECTIVE, COUNTY QUORUM COURT DISTRICT, AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VACANCY, SUSPENSION, AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY ELECTIVE, COUNTY QUORUM COURT DISTRICT, AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Arkansas SB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Tosh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-17T22:31:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T18:55:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4541103-9e31-469e-b1cf-74d651a3b12b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e4a38df59d381e51e6280d2be3bb06b86ba1d9a8dbf9d12f5f094a2faa6bc4dd"
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 20 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VACANCY, SUSPENSION, AND REMOVAL PROCEDURES FOR COUNTY ELECTIVE, COUNTY QUORUM COURT DISTRICT, AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 20** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB20.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- D. Wallace — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T22:31:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:19:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T19:17:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01T20:09:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T20:10:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:29:20+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-01T21:54:44+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`
- **2021-03-01T22:38:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-02T19:34:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T19:34:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-02T20:29:18+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-02T20:29:39+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-03T19:12:00+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-03T19:12:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08T18:55:49+00:00** Notification that SB20 is now Act 255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4541103-9e31-469e-b1cf-74d651a3b12b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).