---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERALLY FUNDED UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; TO TERMINATE THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERALLY FUNDED UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; TO TERMINATE THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021S1"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Arkansas SB 1 (2021S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Dismang", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-03T22:16:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-06T16:34:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46dae3aa-731c-4184-b357-1a6229c39c06"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4d3d2d9beb01e47f9796a9d3ff0a0baa3bbb9de115623ce8dc81dc2539341a16"
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 1 (2021S1) — TO CLARIFY THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERALLY FUNDED UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; TO TERMINATE THE STATE'S PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 1** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021S1/Public/Searchable/SB1.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **73–18** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-08-03T22:16:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-08-04T15:22:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-04T18:42:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-05T16:08:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-05T16:08:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-08-05T16:09:07+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-08-05T16:20:40+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-08-05T16:24:42+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-05T20:42:46+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-08-06T13:47:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-08-06T13:48:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-08-06T13:48:21+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-08-06T15:19:09+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-08-06T15:19:13+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-08-06T15:19:17+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-08-06T15:19:20+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-06T16:34:31+00:00** Notification that SB1 is now Act 2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46dae3aa-731c-4184-b357-1a6229c39c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).