---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO GRANT PAID LEAVE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY MEMBER OR CHILD."
description: "TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO GRANT PAID LEAVE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY MEMBER OR CHILD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Arkansas SB 241 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Scott", "Pilkington"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T18:12:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T20:34:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5f2ddf1-9716-4ab4-ab82-970026d62a78"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "aef8290086a94247f73c4a85e367b3295faf31af1d608a9dd94577546c4efb92"
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 241 (2025) — TO AMEND THE UNIFORM ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE POLICY ACT; AND TO GRANT PAID LEAVE TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY MEMBER OR CHILD.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 885** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=885.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB241-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB241-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB241-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 241** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB241.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Scott — primary (person)
- Pilkington — primary (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T18:12:33+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T20:00:21+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T18:54:34+00:00** Amendment #1 was withdrawn.
- **2025-03-17T18:54:41+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-03-17T18:54:48+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-03-17T18:54:53+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-17T21:21:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T21:21:36+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T18:47:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-19T19:35:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T19:35:16+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-19T19:35:22+00:00** CLINCHER MOTION ADOPTED
- **2025-03-19T21:33:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-19T22:24:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T00:56:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T13:39:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:39:57+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:32:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T21:22:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T21:23:14+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-09T03:24:36+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-09T03:24:45+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:26:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T19:50:57+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T19:51:03+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-10T19:51:13+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-10T19:51:22+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T19:51:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T19:51:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-14T13:37:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-14T13:37:59+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21T20:34:01+00:00** Notification that SB241 is now Act 885 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5f2ddf1-9716-4ab4-ab82-970026d62a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).