---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Arkansas SB 74 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "Hill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:14:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-08T20:29:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8040268f-720a-4a0c-bdc0-365ef6a411a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ae772f19ec455e634b5b601d6f86dc79f7e2dc3842fe6b92276b31e8b9d641e2"
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 74 (2021) — TO AMEND THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2013; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB74-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB74-S2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB74-S3.pdf)
4. **SB 74** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB74.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Hill — primary (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:14:09+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:18:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T15:02:38+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1 & 2
- **2021-01-20T15:16:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 &2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-01-20T19:11:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-20T19:43:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T19:45:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-20T19:46:04+00:00** Re-referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21T19:57:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-25T19:11:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-25T19:12:22+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-01-25T20:18:32+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-01-26T20:56:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26T20:56:46+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-26T20:57:30+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-26T20:59:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-26T22:45:38+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`
- **2021-01-27T21:36:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28T19:42:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T19:42:38+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-28T19:42:44+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-01-28T22:06:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-01-28T22:06:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-01T16:04:41+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-01T16:04:46+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-08T20:29:10+00:00** Notification that SB74 is now Act 67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8040268f-720a-4a0c-bdc0-365ef6a411a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).