---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FAYETTEVILLE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FAYETTEVILLE APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022F"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Arkansas SB 59 (2022F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-08T20:43:07+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-08T15:09:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ede98c-b6c9-48a9-8d06-ac4b05bc49a5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "20fc0a42ec441b2e8b25bdb285b243911735b5560d228c9f5c4fef376609eade"
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 59 (2022F) — AN ACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FAYETTEVILLE 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 182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022F%2FPublic%2F&file=182.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022F)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2022F%2FPublic%2FSB59-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2021/2022F/Bills/SB59.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08T20:43:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T18:37:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T19:22:34+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2022-02-22T19:22:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2022-02-22T19:22:47+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2022-02-22T20:55:28+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2022-02-22T20:55:40+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T20:30:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02T21:59:12+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2022-03-02T22:00:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T22:00:29+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2022-03-02T22:53:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2022-03-02T22:53:27+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T18:51:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T18:51:18+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2022-03-03T20:13:38+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2022-03-03T20:13:43+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-03-03T20:13:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2022-03-03T20:13:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-08T15:09:13+00:00** Notification that SB59 is now Act 182 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ede98c-b6c9-48a9-8d06-ac4b05bc49a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).