---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLDING OFFICE IF CONVICTED OF A PUBLIC TRUST CRIME."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLDING OFFICE IF CONVICTED OF A PUBLIC TRUST CRIME."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "Arkansas SB 490 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08T14:23:58+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:31:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/926a59f2-1b76-4b38-b1f3-794637397fe3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6ec8c7c73950fdb2014be65114822652a98ad38a22e724ad717c3583a07fb8a8"
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 490 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING HOLDING OFFICE IF CONVICTED OF A PUBLIC TRUST CRIME.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 490** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB490.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T14:23:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-08T19:48:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T23:45:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16T19:25:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T19:26:08+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:40:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:55:41+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T18:26:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:28:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:28:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:36:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:37:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T17:26:37+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-31T17:26:42+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T17:31:43+00:00** Notification that SB490 is now Act 540 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/926a59f2-1b76-4b38-b1f3-794637397fe3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).