---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS."
description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 227"
citation: "Arkansas SB 227 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Eubanks"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-13T16:34:20+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-10T21:00:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6725a80-181c-44cc-bd58-58537fc43259"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e1db8f5eeb6f0ec50960dad4376d344a0924f196152597c30b24a75dcf61e01d"
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 227 (2025) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=505.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S2.pdf)
5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S3.pdf)
6. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S4.pdf)
7. **Amendment S5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S5.pdf)
8. **SB 227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB227.pdf)

## Sponsors

- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Eubanks — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13T16:34:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-13T17:47:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T13:59:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-02-20T14:00:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-20T18:21:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-20T18:21:33+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T14:00:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-02-26T14:00:40+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-26T19:41:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-26T19:41:59+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T13:58:10+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
- **2025-03-03T13:58:21+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-03T19:38:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-03T19:38:57+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10T13:00:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 4
- **2025-03-10T13:00:27+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-10T18:36:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-10T18:36:20+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T18:48:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12T19:02:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-12T19:02:33+00:00** Amendment # 5 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-12T21:25:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-13T19:06:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T19:06:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-13T22:02:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-13T22:26:01+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T13:36:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-18T13:36:25+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:30:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-19T21:09:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T20:56:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T20:56:54+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-03-31T22:47:21+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-04-07T18:35:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-07T18:35:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-04-07T18:36:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-04-07T18:36:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T18:36:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-08T14:37:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-08T14:37:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-10T21:00:08+00:00** Notification that SB227 is now Act 505 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6725a80-181c-44cc-bd58-58537fc43259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).