---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Arkansas SB 55 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-06T17:36:30+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T15:54:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0690cadb-85ce-4ba2-8363-254341b8c543"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fd1c44b99f823c6ffcdd423f3af40d3a1ff366e950d34be7b038a9e2dec486b4"
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 55 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES 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 H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB55-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB55-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 55** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB55.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and failed. — **72–19** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **66–24** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **54–31** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **78–14** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and failed. — **64–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T17:36:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:00:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:28:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T19:49:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-22T20:08:08+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-22T21:28:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T22:02:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T22:02:34+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-29T22:02:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:57:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:08:16+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T19:40:00+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T20:38:58+00:00** Motion to place on second reading for the purpose of amendment failed
- **2021-04-14T20:40:38+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T21:32:16+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T20:24:12+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:36:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:36:09+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-20T19:36:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:28:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T22:29:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:48:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:48:55+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T15:54:41+00:00** Notification that SB55 is now Act 843 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0690cadb-85ce-4ba2-8363-254341b8c543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).