--- type: "Bill" title: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51." description: "TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51." jurisdiction: "us/states/ar" legislature: "Arkansas Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 169" citation: "Arkansas SB 169 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"] version_count: 2 action_count: 15 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2025-01-31T17:19:06+00:00" last_action: "2025-02-27T21:47:45+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68d45c74-01ed-444d-8b19-669f8bce0c4d" source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt" source_hash: "8cb2d00fb906d3b5e34d758eff272d6ce2a021755cfc32970824d7db20d81242" 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 169 (2025) — TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION; AND TO AMEND ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION, AMENDMENT 51. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Act 221** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=221.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R) 2. **SB 169** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB169.pdf) ## Sponsors - C. Tucker — primary (person) - Gazaway — primary (person) - J. Bryant — cosponsor (person) - M. Shepherd — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-31T17:19:06+00:00** Filed `introduction` - **2025-02-03T19:36:43+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-02-13T19:35:36+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-17T19:51:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-17T19:52:02+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. - **2025-02-17T22:02:32+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE - **2025-02-17T23:30:05+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-20T17:02:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage` - **2025-02-24T20:09:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-24T20:09:47+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed. - **2025-02-24T20:55:15+00:00** Returned from the House as passed. - **2025-02-24T20:55:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED - **2025-02-24T21:03:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. - **2025-02-24T21:03:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt` - **2025-02-27T21:47:45+00:00** Notification that SB169 is now Act 221 `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68d45c74-01ed-444d-8b19-669f8bce0c4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).