---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS AND OUTSIDE VENDORS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS AND OUTSIDE VENDORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Arkansas SB 30 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dotson", "J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-31T19:50:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:33:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a36923a-2cf3-42e8-93fb-f6c7dd6591b7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7fa1dfbe969ef5085eaffc270c371aea51270acb6d7b5f844d3529ce2d510477"
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 30 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS AND OUTSIDE VENDORS.

## 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%2FSB30-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 30** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB30.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dotson — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-31T19:50:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:34:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T21:46:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23T21:18:26+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T14:30:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-24T14:30:33+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-24T19:14:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-24T19:15:12+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T22:04:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17T18:21:17+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T18:21:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-17T21:24:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-17T21:59:16+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`
- **2021-03-22T18:05:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T20:39:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T20:40:10+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-29T22:37:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-29T22:37:57+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T15:01:50+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-30T15:01:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T17:33:07+00:00** Notification that SB30 is now Act 543 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a36923a-2cf3-42e8-93fb-f6c7dd6591b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).