---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETAIL WATER PROVIDERS AND RELATED SERVICE."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETAIL WATER PROVIDERS AND RELATED SERVICE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 386"
citation: "Arkansas SB 386 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Love"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-24T18:48:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T15:53:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3145d9a-1c77-4a0d-aef6-7e7e31b1d86a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4c25c60177559c004f77d09157b829990138f892e5885b92eac33fb32b31fdfd"
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 386 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RETAIL WATER PROVIDERS AND RELATED SERVICE.

## 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%2FSB386-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB386-H2.pdf)
3. **SB 386** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB386.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T18:48:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T21:39:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T19:32:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T20:28:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T20:29:00+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-04T22:13:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-04T22:54:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:12:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-11T19:12:21+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-11T19:12:40+00:00** Amendment No. 1 & 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-11T19:44:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-11T19:45:01+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T23:20:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T20:10:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T20:11:03+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-03-18T21:48:06+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, #1 and #2
- **2021-03-23T18:24:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 and #2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23T18:24:15+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:30:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 and 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T18:16:39+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T18:16:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 and 2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-03-31T18:17:18+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-03-31T18:17:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T18:17:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:57:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:58:03+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08T15:53:21+00:00** Notification that SB386 is now Act 605 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3145d9a-1c77-4a0d-aef6-7e7e31b1d86a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).