---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, GENERAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT RESERVE FUND AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE QUICK ACTION CLOSING FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, GENERAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT RESERVE FUND AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE QUICK ACTION CLOSING FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021S2"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Arkansas SB 5 (2021S2)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Shepherd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-12-06T15:19:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-12-09T21:37:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d15d2f0-e4e3-469e-999f-4ae397820f59"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0e8a42945e5e9bf48574dea6786bf92db15b686b4b9c11e6e54fb352d172c47f"
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 5 (2021S2) — TO TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND, GENERAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT RESERVE FUND AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE QUICK ACTION CLOSING FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 5** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021S2/Public/Searchable/SB5.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–3** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hickey — primary (person)
- Shepherd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-06T15:19:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-12-07T17:10:12+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-12-07T20:28:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-08T16:24:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-08T16:24:25+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-08T16:24:34+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-12-08T16:39:23+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-12-08T17:21:15+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-12-09T16:23:35+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-12-09T16:24:11+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-12-09T16:24:19+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:09:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-12-09T17:09:56+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-12-09T17:09:58+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-12-09T17:10:02+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-09T21:37:18+00:00** Notification that SB5 is now Act 8 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d15d2f0-e4e3-469e-999f-4ae397820f59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).