---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 21 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES."
description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 21 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 437"
citation: "Arkansas SB 437 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T21:16:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:13:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3610289-ab48-4724-817a-6a5ee4504154"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4bc8e87f3d50300f62e93d67c65ea6118d085f35e87f88db34a26fb61075849b"
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 437 (2021) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 21 OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 437** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB437.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.

- **2021-03-01T21:16:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T22:31:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:39:08+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.
- **2021-03-15T20:55:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-15T22:12:48+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`
- **2021-03-18T23:26:40+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.
- **2021-03-22T21:45:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-22T21:45:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-23T17:02:29+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-23T17:02:34+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:13:20+00:00** Notification that SB437 is now Act 479 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3610289-ab48-4724-817a-6a5ee4504154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).