---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL BAIL BOND COMPANY AND PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDSMAN LICENSING BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL BAIL BOND COMPANY AND PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDSMAN LICENSING BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 641"
citation: "Arkansas SB 641 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Ballinger", "Underwood"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-06T19:15:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:17:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7842e734-21a6-4d2d-9e9c-490b39224160"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ffb00b604eff43a9cc436412d74af0c45bc60cdc9fb2f229410e812bb96d7e18"
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 641 (2021) — TO AMEND THE PROFESSIONAL BAIL BOND COMPANY AND PROFESSIONAL BAIL BONDSMAN LICENSING BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 641** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB641.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Ballinger — primary (person)
- Underwood — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-06T19:15:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-06T23:57:54+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:34:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:54:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T18:54:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:15:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:11:39+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`
- **2021-04-22T18:22:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T19:15:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:15:35+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-26T22:52:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-26T22:52:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:36:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:36:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:17:39+00:00** Notification that SB641 is now Act 1033 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7842e734-21a6-4d2d-9e9c-490b39224160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).