---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW RELATED TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION."
description: "TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW RELATED TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Arkansas SB 299 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08T19:03:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:41:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a04c8d60-c39d-42ce-9cdb-302f48441ff8"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fe9e41e4ab8e59fc43bfcb1a6b5d86d3a40c815c190588c0b4a6dd362e9993ed"
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 299 (2021) — TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES LAW RELATED TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 299** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB299.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08T19:03:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-08T21:36:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T23:05:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02T19:22:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02T19:23:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-02T21:07:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-02T23:04:55+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`
- **2021-04-01T19:00:50+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:37:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:37:24+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:17:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:17:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:40:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:40:56+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:41:54+00:00** Notification that SB299 is now Act 649 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a04c8d60-c39d-42ce-9cdb-302f48441ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).