---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ADD A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN STATE LAWS THAT GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES."
description: "TO ADD A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN STATE LAWS THAT GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Arkansas SB 83 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Cloud"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11T18:04:13+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-22T15:15:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26e0977a-e6e6-4696-8bdd-5a2fb5a7aeda"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3a55f084d5b725974202db11ba85ee1f5b07d2e0f18bab7faf09aea408d6cf2d"
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 83 (2021) — TO ADD A STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO THE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM CERTAIN STATE LAWS THAT GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC FACILITIES.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 83** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB83.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Cloud — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T18:04:13+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:28:05+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T22:01:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28T20:22:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T20:22:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-28T22:34:05+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-28T22:34:12+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T17:48:12+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T19:49:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T19:49:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-08T22:58:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-08T22:58:46+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-09T15:38:52+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-09T15:38:58+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-22T15:15:57+00:00** Notification that SB83 is now Act 95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26e0977a-e6e6-4696-8bdd-5a2fb5a7aeda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).