---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS, AGREED-UPON COMMITMENTS, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS, AGREED-UPON COMMITMENTS, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Arkansas SB 205 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26T19:54:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:03:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3211706b-61ef-4c89-be46-448adb4182b0"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "774748aebaf08095f0afc2792f7ff90c48dd68938a27bbb2c2dcc8a45b0c2940"
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 205 (2021) — TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW TO REQUIRE THE REPORTING OF EXPENDITURES, TRANSFERS, AGREED-UPON COMMITMENTS, OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS OF FUNDS FROM THE RAINY DAY FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 205** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB205.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **82–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26T19:54:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-26T20:21:32+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Joint Budget Committee `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T19:13:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01T20:43:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T20:43:59+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-01T20:44:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:32:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-01T21:57:40+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-03T20:03:37+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:35:49+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:35:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-04T19:49:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-04T19:49:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08T19:03:35+00:00** Notification that SB205 is now Act 288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3211706b-61ef-4c89-be46-448adb4182b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).