---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION - EXTRA HELP APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION - EXTRA HELP APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022F"
identifier: "SB 109"
citation: "Arkansas SB 109 (2022F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Gazaway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-28T18:52:35+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-08T22:30:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38b15c72-3849-4a72-9452-84c8297d4080"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "56afbc39112ccfb9287bf7dd7cffdb9cf8bb9928c831f5366febf5631b93065e"
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 109 (2022F) — AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS PUBLIC DEFENDER COMMISSION - EXTRA HELP APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 221** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022F%2FPublic%2F&file=221.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022F)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2022F%2FPublic%2FSB109-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 109** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2021/2022F/Bills/SB109.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Gazaway — primary (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-28T18:52:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-02-28T19:04:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T17:42:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T18:07:32+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2022-03-03T18:07:37+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2022-03-03T18:07:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2022-03-03T18:42:22+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2022-03-07T18:37:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07T18:38:05+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2022-03-07T20:19:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2022-03-07T20:34:29+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-08T15:37:19+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-03-08T15:37:20+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2022-03-08T15:37:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T15:37:23+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2022-03-08T16:41:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2022-03-08T16:41:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-03-08T16:41:49+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2022-03-08T16:41:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-08T22:30:40+00:00** Notification that SB109 is now Act 221 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38b15c72-3849-4a72-9452-84c8297d4080`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).