---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "SB 8"
citation: "Arkansas SB 8 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-01T19:55:54+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-29T16:49:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9803724-0a96-4d28-bf35-4899045e8a1d"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "90e142ff730bcbc62a796740b255fa609c47b689a9864e2477c7779a9fdea979"
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 8 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 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 129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=129.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **SB 8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/SB8.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-01T19:55:54+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T19:26:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-23T16:13:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-23T17:14:05+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.
- **2026-04-23T19:02:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2026-04-23T21:11:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-27T20:42:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-27T20:42:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-27T20:42:27+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-27T22:20:21+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2026-04-27T22:20:27+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2026-04-28T13:43:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2026-04-28T13:43:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-29T16:49:10+00:00** Notification that SB8 is now Act 129 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9803724-0a96-4d28-bf35-4899045e8a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).