---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS REHABILITATION SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS REHABILITATION SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Arkansas SB 444 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T21:27:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T16:00:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af7b3e4e-467a-4d37-9eb8-f4b9920c29eb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "134ea927e7e49ce934c50e684bd50eac78c3510b080ad1d53a70b58404f61b69"
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 444 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS REHABILITATION SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 444** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB444.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T21:27:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T22:34:26+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:23:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T20:51:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T20:51:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-01T20:52:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:38:36+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:47:07+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T19:43:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:43:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T19:43:33+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:03:03+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:03:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T23:50:02+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-06T23:50:07+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T16:00:24+00:00** Notification that SB444 is now Act 580 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af7b3e4e-467a-4d37-9eb8-f4b9920c29eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).