---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Arkansas SB 58 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-06T15:45:37+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-29T16:52:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3626caf6-aa0a-4cda-b3f0-429bc9682bab"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "93ebb48389024938681e2108743975779049a309d48441821b1f95bbdfdc844b"
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 58 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=138.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **SB 58** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/SB58.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-06T15:45:37+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T19:43:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23T16:16:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23T17:16:04+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2026-04-23T17:21:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-23T17:21:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-23T17:21:07+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2026-04-23T19:03:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2026-04-23T21:13:44+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-27T20:41:24+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2026-04-27T20:41:25+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2026-04-27T20:41:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27T20:41:27+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-27T20:41:28+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2026-04-27T22:24:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2026-04-27T22:24:29+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2026-04-28T13:48:11+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2026-04-28T13:48:16+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29T16:52:47+00:00** Notification that SB58 is now Act 138 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3626caf6-aa0a-4cda-b3f0-429bc9682bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).