---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TRUST FUND ACT."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TRUST FUND ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "Arkansas SB 402 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-25T19:04:36+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53ac5ed3-eeb5-457b-a983-61803fb98fbb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "af3760f380483f0e5c680ce90fa2093a34b5e90330243c305c23b5c4d58cbb34"
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 402 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS TRUST FUND ACT.

## 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%2FSB402-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB402-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 402** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB402.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25T19:04:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T22:21:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:47:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:23:38+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T18:23:39+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-15T19:45:48+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:52:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T18:52:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:39:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:54:57+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`
- **2021-04-07T18:58:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T13:38:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-08T13:38:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08T15:39:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-12T20:24:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:24:36+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-12T22:54:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-12T22:54:47+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T22:35:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:54:35+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T18:54:40+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-15T18:56:31+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-15T18:56:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T18:56:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:28:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:29:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:12:23+00:00** Notification that SB402 is now Act 777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53ac5ed3-eeb5-457b-a983-61803fb98fbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).