---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION, DEPOSIT, AND USE OF GAS ASSESSMENT FEES; TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN GAS ASSESSMENT FEES AS GENERAL REVENUE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION, DEPOSIT, AND USE OF GAS ASSESSMENT FEES; TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN GAS ASSESSMENT FEES AS GENERAL REVENUE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "Arkansas SB 419 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jett"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T19:26:18+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b085c5e-bc7c-4550-b917-e94b0ce9671d"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "adc81942227f72616e92fff0143b6567b70f958be6acf407c4a2d073aa6ff343"
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 419 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING THE COLLECTION, DEPOSIT, AND USE OF GAS ASSESSMENT FEES; TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN GAS ASSESSMENT FEES AS GENERAL REVENUE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 419** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB419.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Jett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T19:26:18+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T21:43:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T19:25:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T20:41:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T20:41:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-10T20:41:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:34:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-10T23:50:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T18:14:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:51:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:51:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-18T19:51:54+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:08:35+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:08:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:41:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:41:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:10+00:00** Notification that SB419 is now Act 437 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b085c5e-bc7c-4550-b917-e94b0ce9671d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).