---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; AND TO PROHIBIT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; AND TO PROHIBIT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Arkansas SB 341 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Dotson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22T19:36:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T15:02:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f8b17b4-14b2-49a2-9a4b-f66707325d75"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cbe97cbe1b5aab8b4d23b591c69c1b80c5b6a7aa1e44a2882adc8b50d1a84457"
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 341 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; AND TO PROHIBIT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

## 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%2FSB341-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB341-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB341-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB341-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 341** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB341.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **62–22** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T19:36:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T20:51:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T13:59:09+00:00** Amendment #1 Withdrawn
- **2021-03-04T13:59:22+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T19:08:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T19:08:15+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T23:06:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T19:32:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T19:32:19+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-09T21:32:01+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-09T22:45:10+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`
- **2021-03-11T14:43:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-11T14:43:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-11T16:38:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T22:53:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T13:33:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-18T13:33:09+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18T15:43:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T19:02:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T19:02:41+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-03-22T22:01:19+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended #1 and #2
- **2021-03-22T22:01:33+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:47:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 and #2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:21:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T18:22:31+00:00** House Amendment No. Amendment #1and Amendment #2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-05T18:22:46+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-05T18:23:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:23:36+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T15:11:20+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-06T15:11:26+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-12T15:02:05+00:00** Notification that SB341 is now Act 612 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f8b17b4-14b2-49a2-9a4b-f66707325d75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).