---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD TO THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD TO THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 693"
citation: "Arkansas SB 693 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-15T18:34:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:09:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d623df57-fcb8-4a6c-9982-fece3dc78b62"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b446460ee7b0a342cfe045bd76853809b683c5184459561be6f952bbe50c0db2"
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 693 (2021) — TO TRANSFER THE DUTIES OF THE STATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE BOARD TO THE STATE BOARD OF FINANCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 693** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB693.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-15T18:34:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-15T22:14:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T18:52:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T22:30:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21T22:30:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T22:30:32+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T22:30:51+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-21T23:01:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-22T00:25:34+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`
- **2021-04-26T16:55:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T20:33:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T20:33:39+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:18:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:19:03+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:19:06+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:19:07+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:09:30+00:00** Notification that SB693 is now Act 1004 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d623df57-fcb8-4a6c-9982-fece3dc78b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).