---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Arkansas SB 51 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-05T21:28:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:06:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a4a018f-f7c8-4cf0-919a-30c2320db2c9"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "6923d5a82af82e7fb8f41044f5f7c8a4379e2bfcdad38008da4f2326d3da5df6"
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 51 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS 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%2FSB51-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB51-S2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB51-S3.pdf)
4. **SB 51** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB51.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05T21:28:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:57:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T19:22:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08T20:12:37+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T19:44:45+00:00** Amendment 1 withdrawn
- **2021-03-22T19:44:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-03-22T19:45:01+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-22T21:27:13+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-22T21:27:27+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:22:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T20:39:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-07T20:39:29+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-07T21:19:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-14T20:25:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:25:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-14T20:25:21+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-14T21:45:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-14T22:11:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T19:26:41+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-04-15T19:26:42+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-04-15T19:26:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:26:44+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-15T19:26:45+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-04-15T21:54:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T21:55:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:22:39+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:22:45+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:06:30+00:00** Notification that SB51 is now Act 771 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a4a018f-f7c8-4cf0-919a-30c2320db2c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).