---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 401"
citation: "Arkansas SB 401 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flippo", "Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25T18:35:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:14:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1b441e0-6191-484a-8a93-c292722aed14"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ddad4dab1d0f85c70545eaa5c1529fe50352ca6a28d20c8d27f7bffd8634aa04"
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 401 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS PROCUREMENT LAW; TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 401** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB401.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flippo — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25T18:35:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T19:29:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T23:16:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T20:00:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T20:00:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-11T23:25:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-11T23:40:29+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`
- **2021-03-17T22:52:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T20:06:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T20:06:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:49:41+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:49:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:58:25+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:58:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:14:10+00:00** Notification that SB401 is now Act 488 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1b441e0-6191-484a-8a93-c292722aed14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).