---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE BUFFALO RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE BUFFALO RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 536"
citation: "Arkansas SB 536 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-15T18:19:38+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-21T17:17:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa98433e-8f49-463a-8476-e923e074aeea"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aff2d6353137dc2a89fda83c29320bbddece0aceaf3a883bbf7a5b5f66d40b6c"
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 536 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH THE BUFFALO RIVER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 536** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB536.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-15T18:19:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T19:42:14+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:07:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T19:02:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:02:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:54:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:22:16+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T22:31:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-15T20:18:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T20:18:39+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:10:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-15T22:10:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-19T14:31:04+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-19T14:31:11+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21T17:17:09+00:00** Notification that SB536 is now Act 785 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa98433e-8f49-463a-8476-e923e074aeea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).