---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS; DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND; AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AND EMERGENCY."
description: "AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS; DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND; AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AND EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 636"
citation: "Arkansas SB 636 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Jean"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-09T20:26:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-23T21:55:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09bf7a08-97ce-4106-bc79-762c6f5accb7"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "028f3899ab6450f71bb4351eeff7f17de0a7830fee70d694379014de5e970745"
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 636 (2025) — AN ACT TO TRANSFER FUNDS; DEFINE THE MONIES TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND; AND ALLOW ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS; AND TO DECLARE AND EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 1017** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=1017.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB636.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- Jean — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-09T20:26:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-04-09T21:03:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T15:41:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T19:33:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T19:33:30+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-15T19:33:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-15T20:17:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-16T02:41:52+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T17:23:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T17:23:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-16T17:23:10+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-16T19:05:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-16T19:06:02+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-16T20:41:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-16T20:41:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23T21:55:04+00:00** Notification that SB636 is now Act 1017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09bf7a08-97ce-4106-bc79-762c6f5accb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).