---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR RULE PROMULGATION FOR ENTITIES NOT SUBJECT TO THE ARKANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS FOR FILING A RULE."
description: "TO ALLOW A LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR RULE PROMULGATION FOR ENTITIES NOT SUBJECT TO THE ARKANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS FOR FILING A RULE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Arkansas SB 288 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Wallace", "Dotson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T18:01:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T15:12:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/791126bc-3430-4eb0-8677-8b9be895185f"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9d796c3fbbcc79c65ea796461e00c8369248c114d1e834c8120ad96a75fb5aab"
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 288 (2021) — TO ALLOW A LIMITED EXEMPTION FOR RULE PROMULGATION FOR ENTITIES NOT SUBJECT TO THE ARKANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT; AND TO ALLOW AN ALTERNATIVE PROCESS FOR FILING A RULE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 288** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB288.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T18:01:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T19:35:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:24:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:49:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:49:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:38:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:46:22+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`
- **2021-04-07T18:57:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:27:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:27:19+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:33:08+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:33:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-12T14:56:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-12T14:56:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T15:12:03+00:00** Notification that SB288 is now Act 704 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/791126bc-3430-4eb0-8677-8b9be895185f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).