---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 374"
citation: "Arkansas SB 374 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Wing"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04T19:51:07+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:17:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bd9ea7-8ca9-4791-9513-f5fa74649aa0"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "13b5f58a198b10b02b2305274646ed34a3c936f2e39b1c1ca648f003d183c5e5"
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 374 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 751** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=751.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB374-H1.pdf)
3. **SB 374** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB374.pdf)

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Wing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04T19:51:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-04T20:21:06+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T19:40:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T19:41:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T19:42:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-10T21:06:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-10T22:57:17+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T21:02:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:48:51+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T18:27:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T13:34:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-03T13:34:03+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-03T17:27:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-08T02:11:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T14:11:24+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-04-08T18:23:11+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-08T18:23:23+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:15:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T16:24:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-14T16:24:24+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-14T16:24:30+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-14T16:24:41+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T16:24:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:00:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:00:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:17:18+00:00** Notification that SB374 is now Act 751 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17bd9ea7-8ca9-4791-9513-f5fa74649aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).