---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE IDENTIFICATION OF COST SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE IDENTIFICATION OF COST SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Arkansas SB 671 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "K. Hammer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-12T17:44:30+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:52:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6491325e-3aa1-4d78-86bb-32d6c67a84b4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "46d0132b293ed9d771fc4b27c1e66c8d67c7915051e0c3bbd8618a4dd099ab7c"
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 671 (2021) — CONCERNING THE IDENTIFICATION OF COST SAVINGS BY CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 671** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB671.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- K. Hammer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-12T17:44:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-12T18:31:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:49:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T20:10:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T20:11:05+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-22T20:11:17+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-22T21:12:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-23T01:41:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T16:56:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:49:24+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:49:27+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-27T19:49:32+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:16:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:16:59+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:17:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:17:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T21:52:53+00:00** Notification that SB671 is now Act 1111 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6491325e-3aa1-4d78-86bb-32d6c67a84b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).