---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS."
description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 614"
citation: "Arkansas SB 614 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-02T22:11:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:52:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f9cc5cc-37cb-41d7-ac42-c5d9b8ee8937"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3c5551fe28d803bff5037a15a6ff4a7d41d95442a35086f1d83351b4f2513001"
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 614 (2025) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 992** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=992.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB614-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB614-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 614** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB614.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02T22:11:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-02T22:35:37+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T18:49:21+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09T13:16:49+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T13:16:56+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T18:18:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-09T18:32:11+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-09T18:32:16+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-09T18:32:24+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-09T19:33:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-10T03:02:10+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-10T03:02:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T03:02:28+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-10T14:54:54+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-10T23:41:02+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`
- **2025-04-14T21:27:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T21:45:00+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:45:07+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:59:26+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T23:59:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T12:43:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T12:43:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:52:53+00:00** Notification that SB614 is now Act 992 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f9cc5cc-37cb-41d7-ac42-c5d9b8ee8937`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).