---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNPAVED ROADS PROGRAM ACT; TO TRANSFER DUTIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND AWARD GRANT FUNDS."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNPAVED ROADS PROGRAM ACT; TO TRANSFER DUTIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND AWARD GRANT FUNDS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 637"
citation: "Arkansas SB 637 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06T16:09:53+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T20:01:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab55f97-ed56-4828-b268-dde5be111a3c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0c1a814ba56a0987a7c546e7933e809d4b15c78e822f06e220c078a0ab2b4fab"
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 637 (2021) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS UNPAVED ROADS PROGRAM ACT; TO TRANSFER DUTIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND AWARD GRANT FUNDS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 637** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB637.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T16:09:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T18:37:10+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T18:17:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T19:13:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T19:14:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-12T21:40:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-12T22:51:40+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`
- **2021-04-14T21:52:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-20T19:45:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:45:05+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:01:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-20T23:02:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-21T16:45:48+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-21T16:45:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T20:01:47+00:00** Notification that SB637 is now Act 901 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ab55f97-ed56-4828-b268-dde5be111a3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).