---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES REAPPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES REAPPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Arkansas SB 68 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-14T20:47:45+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-27T20:07:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb62b06-e9ae-4645-a533-022a9f3487d2"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "193943660a73e17c3babb29a719d5bc74d624b7f858668b71bbe9d2e0f068076"
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 68 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE - DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES REAPPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 89** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=89.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **SB 68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/SB68.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-14T20:47:45+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-14T21:33:53+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-21T18:13:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-22T18:59:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-22T18:59:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-22T18:59:07+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2026-04-22T20:51:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2026-04-22T21:13:55+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-23T16:45:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-23T16:45:15+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-23T16:45:20+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-23T19:30:56+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2026-04-23T19:31:01+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2026-04-24T15:41:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2026-04-24T15:42:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27T20:07:44+00:00** Notification that SB68 is now Act 89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beb62b06-e9ae-4645-a533-022a9f3487d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).