---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "Arkansas SB 449 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T22:41:31+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T21:06:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/003cac06-c555-4be4-8e05-dd8e290d75bd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a07e38ace82af31f9b958b704ee434a737f4d9c3ce148399af24782e280c7032"
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 449 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY 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 449** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB449.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T22:41:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T22:56:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:29:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T22:04:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T22:04:04+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-29T22:04:05+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:59:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:10:24+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T20:09:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:09:51+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-31T20:09:57+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:39:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:39:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:58:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:59:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T21:06:00+00:00** Notification that SB449 is now Act 548 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/003cac06-c555-4be4-8e05-dd8e290d75bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).