---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Arkansas SB 96 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-11T21:21:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-03T15:18:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1671451c-afa8-435f-b833-c3dab8b2c548"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "de578a6f82268fa7942eb094f8cb2c6accbeeb700cd52567c4a57ae8705b4821"
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 96 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2021-2022 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 96** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB96.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion passed. — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T21:21:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:59:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T19:49:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27T21:02:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T21:02:38+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-27T21:40:27+00:00** Notice of Reconsideration given.
- **2021-01-27T21:41:06+00:00** Motion to Suspend the Operation of Senate Rule 13.
- **2021-01-27T21:41:18+00:00** Roll call requested.
- **2021-01-27T21:41:31+00:00** Motion passed.
- **2021-01-27T21:42:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-27T22:23:57+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-27T22:43:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-28T19:57:07+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2021-01-28T19:57:08+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2021-01-28T19:57:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28T19:57:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-01-28T19:57:11+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2021-01-28T22:11:07+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-01-28T22:11:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-01T16:08:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-01T16:08:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-03T15:18:36+00:00** Notification that SB96 is now Act 26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1671451c-afa8-435f-b833-c3dab8b2c548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).