---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY IN WELFARE PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND THE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM."
description: "TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY IN WELFARE PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND THE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 295"
citation: "Arkansas SB 295 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08T18:41:14+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:13:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1d3353f-ef7d-492c-aabe-e83a892aa1a3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "15e5badbffb3bfc736c16bfcb32622099b090cb505cdd1f32f07eb82cc880d8d"
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 295 (2021) — TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY IN WELFARE PROGRAMS; AND TO AMEND THE MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM.

## 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%2FSB295-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB295-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 295** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB295.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T18:41:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T21:33:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T23:05:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T19:37:12+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T13:35:22+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-15T13:35:29+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T18:18:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-15T18:18:35+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T18:23:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:14:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-17T18:14:37+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-17T20:47:30+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-18T18:43:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T18:43:35+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-18T21:32:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-18T22:26:11+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T00:12:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:44:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:44:15+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:02:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:02:40+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:27:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:27:07+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:13:53+00:00** Notification that SB295 is now Act 780 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1d3353f-ef7d-492c-aabe-e83a892aa1a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).