---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Arkansas SB 54 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06T17:35:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T21:00:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0598290-f73d-46a5-938b-2a786427ffbc"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4706166aed7330b446edcf4a294cc91080bb8ec9c8ff6c5a4668bde410d1c26e"
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 54 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - STATE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT 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%2FSB54-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 54** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB54.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T17:35:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:59:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:10:33+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T19:43:52+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T19:44:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-22T21:28:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T22:04:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T22:04:04+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-29T22:04:05+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:57:15+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:07:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T20:07:21+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-03-31T20:07:22+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-03-31T20:07:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T20:07:24+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-31T20:07:25+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:35:41+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:35:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:54:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:54:23+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T21:00:15+00:00** Notification that SB54 is now Act 546 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0598290-f73d-46a5-938b-2a786427ffbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).