---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 322"
citation: "Arkansas SB 322 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10T20:16:59+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T19:08:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e4ac3fd-3122-445f-88b0-c81387ef61c6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7e37e7a92a65ddcc07c0902e0fdf0d1107a1d1ab991fab113c53c86fa1d77cf6"
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 322 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - NEWPORT SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 322** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB322.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T20:16:59+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T21:05:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T20:01:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-24T21:15:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T21:15:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-02-24T21:15:45+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-24T22:18:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-24T22:44:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03T19:53:31+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-03-03T19:53:32+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-03-03T19:53:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T19:53:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-03T19:53:35+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:38:56+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-03T22:39:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-04T19:53:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-04T19:53:43+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08T19:08:36+00:00** Notification that SB322 is now Act 297 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e4ac3fd-3122-445f-88b0-c81387ef61c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).