---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION REAPPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION REAPPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2024F"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Arkansas SB 65 (2024F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-04-11T19:17:22+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-30T18:21:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2ae5453-a955-4e69-ab07-1a7951f8ca0d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "87148c7ebdf301cace0efcfcaf958bcd76926a54b7fda48355b6652d180f1638"
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 65 (2024F) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION REAPPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 65** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2024F/Bills/SB65.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-11T19:17:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2024-04-15T18:09:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T18:13:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18T19:07:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18T19:07:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2024-04-18T19:07:08+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2024-04-18T20:18:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2024-04-18T21:54:38+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-23T18:36:16+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2024-04-23T18:36:17+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2024-04-23T18:36:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T18:36:19+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2024-04-23T18:36:20+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2024-04-23T21:31:58+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2024-04-23T21:32:03+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2024-04-24T14:30:00+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2024-04-24T14:30:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30T18:21:50+00:00** Notification that SB65 is now Act 105 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2ae5453-a955-4e69-ab07-1a7951f8ca0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).