---
type: "Bill"
title: "ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Arkansas SB 292 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rapert", "Watson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-04T21:38:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:17:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37393d80-7b01-412d-89f8-c8379637521d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "befa71f7d3238b530e12740a62ac7908a315a854619aece31de1472897841e1b"
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 292 (2021) — ESTABLISHING THE PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB292-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB292-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB292-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB292-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 292** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB292.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rapert — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T21:38:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T22:40:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T14:37:04+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-10T14:37:11+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-10T19:15:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-10T19:15:39+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T14:37:58+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-03T14:38:31+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T19:13:56+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-03T19:14:12+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T13:34:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2021-03-15T13:34:56+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T18:17:35+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:17:47+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T22:04:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:27:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T18:27:27+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-17T18:27:48+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-17T21:25:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-17T21:59:36+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`
- **2021-04-07T18:56:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T13:37:04+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-08T13:37:06+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T15:39:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T20:22:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:22:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-12T20:22:29+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-12T22:01:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-12T22:01:37+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T22:34:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:28:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T18:28:34+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:28:51+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-15T18:29:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T18:29:22+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-15T18:29:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:26:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:26:52+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:17:28+00:00** Notification that SB292 is now Act 786 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37393d80-7b01-412d-89f8-c8379637521d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).