---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Arkansas SB 447 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T21:31:33+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T16:01:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce412f64-a4bd-4054-9959-4f4acaa8f4d6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4ae4d18414cd017bdeea61d4193c7245ea5eb0c034a23edd8c6ec647495b2ad8"
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 447 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB447-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 447** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB447.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T21:31:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T22:35:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:34:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T21:57:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-29T21:57:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-29T22:29:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-01T20:54:14+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T20:54:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-01T20:54:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-01T21:38:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-01T22:47:19+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05T19:44:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:44:42+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T19:44:47+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:03:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:03:44+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T15:12:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-06T15:12:17+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T16:01:38+00:00** Notification that SB447 is now Act 582 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce412f64-a4bd-4054-9959-4f4acaa8f4d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).