---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2026F"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Arkansas SB 9 (2026F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-04-01T19:57:36+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-23T16:04:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2c6c75-e8a3-40f3-9db8-411856fa3a42"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9aaf470475aca4ba24a51e5e96673fbe361df8f215833ab15ed444f5eaeb539e"
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 9 (2026F) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH INITIATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH - ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION 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 4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2026F%2FPublic%2F&file=4.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2026F)
2. **SB 9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2026F/Bills/SB9.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-01T19:57:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2026-04-08T19:26:33+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-14T19:08:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15T18:46:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15T18:46:43+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-15T18:46:44+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2026-04-15T20:25:44+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2026-04-15T21:28:23+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-04-16T16:35:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-16T16:35:48+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2026-04-16T16:35:58+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2026-04-16T18:13:42+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2026-04-16T18:13:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2026-04-16T18:27:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2026-04-16T18:27:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-23T16:04:40+00:00** Notification that SB9 is now Act 4 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2c6c75-e8a3-40f3-9db8-411856fa3a42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).