---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT APPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Arkansas SB 398 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cozart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25T17:07:26+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:12:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9eb348-1fe9-4cef-b181-34d507396b0b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e5d6037d8984b922ab32292c0c1edb8b0fa3cc074a253350a2665f125a4749de"
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 398 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT APPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 398** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB398.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cozart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25T17:07:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T19:28:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:31:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T21:00:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T21:00:05+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-19T21:00:06+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:14:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:07:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T19:38:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:38:48+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-20T19:38:53+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:44:40+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:44:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:15:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:15:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T18:12:36+00:00** Notification that SB398 is now Act 892 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad9eb348-1fe9-4cef-b181-34d507396b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).