---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CONFER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY ON SELECT EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS LOTTERY."
description: "TO CONFER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY ON SELECT EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS LOTTERY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Arkansas SB 231 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T19:32:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-20T18:33:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c6a988-04be-4c47-bde9-c9bd5ca9a8ef"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "15fd2fb3c605dc6f19b36c650ac22e5bca64eb5ce114ab8b87219e54c306f21a"
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 231 (2025) — TO CONFER LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY ON SELECT EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE ARKANSAS LOTTERY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=342.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB231-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB231-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 231** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB231.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T19:32:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T20:10:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T14:03:03+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-17T14:03:33+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-17T19:53:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-17T19:53:52+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:31:43+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-26T20:31:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-02-26T20:32:06+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-26T21:03:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-26T21:03:16+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T18:46:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03T20:13:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:13:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-03T22:24:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-03T23:25:46+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE RULES `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T19:02:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-17T19:42:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:42:53+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-17T21:39:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-17T21:40:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-18T14:15:57+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-18T14:15:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-20T18:33:51+00:00** Notification that SB231 is now Act 342 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c6a988-04be-4c47-bde9-c9bd5ca9a8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).