---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PURCHASING PROCEDURES FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PURCHASING PROCEDURES FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 456"
citation: "Arkansas SB 456 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Stubblefield", "L. Fite"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T20:45:50+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:10:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50098e18-f6c7-4fee-81fc-30a8fda12925"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "456626679bd3d2f22d51fe6936aa32fe57027d66901011950d748b5e3fa97e48"
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 456 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND PURCHASING PROCEDURES FOR COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 456** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB456.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–15** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- G. Stubblefield — primary (person)
- L. Fite — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T20:45:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T21:54:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T19:27:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-10T20:46:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T20:46:25+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:35:02+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-10T23:51:20+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T23:21:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T20:15:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T20:15:30+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:48:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T21:48:51+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:43:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:43:47+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:10:55+00:00** Notification that SB456 is now Act 435 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50098e18-f6c7-4fee-81fc-30a8fda12925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).