---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH NONPROFIT ENTITIES ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH NONPROFIT ENTITIES ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Arkansas SB 535 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Ray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-15T18:13:26+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:09:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40dffeee-335b-4b6d-8706-e149be678a17"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "959305046af76d1a3d6878e375b6e1c3bcf691fc7ef8902df09d4ec25e9b651a"
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 535 (2021) — TO CREATE THE GOVERNMENT INTERACTION WITH NONPROFIT ENTITIES ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB535-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB535-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 535** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB535.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–12** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Ray — primary (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T18:13:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T19:40:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T13:20:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-05T13:20:54+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-05T18:08:24+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:08:36+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T23:59:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T19:01:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:01:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:04:34+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-07T22:23:44+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:09:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T13:37:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-15T13:37:32+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15T18:24:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T19:48:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:49:04+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:25:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1
- **2021-04-20T23:25:19+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T02:52:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass, Concur in House, Amendment #1. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T18:45:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:45:59+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:46:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T18:46:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T18:46:31+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:31:13+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:31:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:09:15+00:00** Notification that SB535 is now Act 1021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40dffeee-335b-4b6d-8706-e149be678a17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).