---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING POSTPONEMENT OF JUDGMENT IN DISTRICT COURT; AND TO PERMIT A SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE IN CERTAIN DISTRICT COURT CASES."
description: "CONCERNING POSTPONEMENT OF JUDGMENT IN DISTRICT COURT; AND TO PERMIT A SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE IN CERTAIN DISTRICT COURT CASES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "Arkansas SB 244 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Bryant", "Unger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17T18:42:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-12T21:46:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34a35812-7ebd-43c9-8b48-1da33b147f95"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b4e5cfea0090253e655afd8a0f3a33ddfae06b38f0ad9aa1c2ba4afc99493d2b"
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 244 (2025) — CONCERNING POSTPONEMENT OF JUDGMENT IN DISTRICT COURT; AND TO PERMIT A SUSPENDED IMPOSITION OF SENTENCE IN CERTAIN DISTRICT COURT CASES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 275** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=275.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB244.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Bryant — primary (person)
- Unger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-17T18:42:05+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T20:01:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T19:44:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27T19:21:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T19:21:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-27T20:40:20+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-27T23:23:02+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`
- **2025-03-06T21:42:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-10T20:37:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T20:37:33+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:26:45+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-10T22:26:51+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-11T13:14:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-11T13:14:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-12T21:46:26+00:00** Notification that SB244 is now Act 275 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34a35812-7ebd-43c9-8b48-1da33b147f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).