---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND CONCERNING THE VOTE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAROLE BOARD TO ACT."
description: "CONCERNING THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND CONCERNING THE VOTE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAROLE BOARD TO ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Arkansas SB 227 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapert"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-27T19:01:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-25T17:12:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509e3085-6b89-4939-bc11-69354893c27a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c2c891d2af408d9f546323161bd460f25e4acfb1f5fcb7b44adc77907cd589d4"
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 227 (2021) — CONCERNING THE RESPECTIVE DUTIES OF THE PAROLE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND CONCERNING THE VOTE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAROLE BOARD TO 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%2FSB227-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 227** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB227.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

- Rapert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27T19:01:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-27T20:12:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T14:38:40+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-01T14:39:11+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-01T19:12:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-01T19:13:05+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T21:12:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03T19:58:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:58:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-03T22:27:48+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-03T22:48:49+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`
- **2021-02-10T16:19:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22T19:42:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22T19:43:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-22T22:46:31+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-22T22:46:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-23T19:04:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-23T19:04:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-25T17:12:37+00:00** Notification that SB227 is now Act 148 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509e3085-6b89-4939-bc11-69354893c27a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).