---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"ARKANSAS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE REFORM ACT OF 2021\"."
description: "TO BE KNOWN AS THE \"ARKANSAS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE REFORM ACT OF 2021\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "Arkansas SB 560 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "McCollum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-17T20:48:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:10:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07ff6674-65ea-493a-b5c6-8fd8e5afc372"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "32914b6add47399716aa32d84a6e662b1a5b0b9f37200002c494874fe931dc28"
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 560 (2021) — TO BE KNOWN AS THE "ARKANSAS CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE REFORM ACT OF 2021".

## 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%2FSB560-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 560** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB560.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **84–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- McCollum — primary (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T20:48:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T22:32:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T18:24:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T19:29:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:30:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-31T21:42:29+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-31T22:36:18+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T22:42:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:38:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:38:51+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:02:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-22T19:26:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T19:26:21+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-23T00:00:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-26T18:58:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T18:58:28+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T18:58:43+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T18:58:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T18:58:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:31:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:31:49+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:10:05+00:00** Notification that SB560 is now Act 1023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07ff6674-65ea-493a-b5c6-8fd8e5afc372`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).