---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Arkansas SB 436 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T21:14:54+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:13:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/899829e2-6046-421a-89cb-c771f04c8b48"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "296b139cb1d4dea2abaa4c3e349c94b80079865fdb088817cd9f6a722cecd25e"
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 436 (2021) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 20 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 436** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB436.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T21:14:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T22:41:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:38:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T19:12:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15T19:12:23+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-15T20:55:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:12:32+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T23:26:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T19:48:03+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-03-22T19:48:04+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-03-22T19:48:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T19:48:07+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:44:37+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:44:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-23T17:00:43+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-23T17:00:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:13:15+00:00** Notification that SB436 is now Act 478 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/899829e2-6046-421a-89cb-c771f04c8b48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).