---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LIBRARY LAW; TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE LIBRARIAN; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTORS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LIBRARY LAW; TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE LIBRARIAN; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Arkansas SB 181 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Sullivan", "R. Burkes"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03T19:54:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T21:53:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d25af3aa-ebcb-42cf-98bf-57f67314df0b"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "624c7c94d359e84872230af8640e3c932b0bceb960b09a37a25e35860b131812"
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 181 (2025) — TO AMEND THE LIBRARY LAW; TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE LIBRARIAN; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=242.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB181-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB181.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- R. Burkes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03T19:54:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T20:28:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T13:57:54+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-10T13:58:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-10T19:36:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-10T19:36:55+00:00** Re-referred to CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T19:38:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19T19:58:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T19:58:32+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-19T21:38:46+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-19T22:37:57+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T18:45:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T20:14:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T20:14:48+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-03T21:52:34+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-03T21:52:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-03-03T22:23:26+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-03-03T22:23:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T21:53:36+00:00** Notification that SB181 is now Act 242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d25af3aa-ebcb-42cf-98bf-57f67314df0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).