---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH A FAIR-FUNDING PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; TO REPEAL EXISTING LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND FAIRS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE AGRI FAIR FUND."
description: "TO ESTABLISH A FAIR-FUNDING PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; TO REPEAL EXISTING LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND FAIRS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE AGRI FAIR FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "Arkansas SB 613 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch", "Slape"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-29T21:10:53+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T15:10:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c65fdd08-75de-4f8a-ace2-4cdea57d796b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ecdf84a382d9140ed6d15b85e0a1fd7bd4742abf4aaba4a01c33b0a96eec27d3"
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 613 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH A FAIR-FUNDING PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; TO REPEAL EXISTING LAW REGARDING LIVESTOCK SHOWS AND FAIRS; AND TO ESTABLISH THE AGRI FAIR FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 613** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB613.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- Slape — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-29T21:10:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T22:37:15+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:08:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T19:56:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:56:27+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:55:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:25:01+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`
- **2021-04-07T20:54:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08T19:46:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T19:46:30+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:34:55+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-08T21:35:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-12T14:59:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-12T14:59:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T15:10:24+00:00** Notification that SB613 is now Act 700 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c65fdd08-75de-4f8a-ace2-4cdea57d796b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).