---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-WEST; TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "CONCERNING THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-WEST; TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Arkansas SB 234 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Dees"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-14T19:12:36+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T21:47:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d632bcf-9499-47fa-a53e-accab5ced5ad"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8bda6f593fde7e7ad005e19e2e6ba9ba8aa22722178459686da98062f76fef66"
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 234 (2025) — CONCERNING THE NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT-WEST; TO CREATE AN ADDITIONAL CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 220** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=220.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 234** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB234.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Dees — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-14T19:12:36+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-17T19:56:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:34:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T17:47:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T17:47:21+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-20T17:47:33+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-20T19:16:47+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-20T22:32:51+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:20:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T21:18:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T21:18:46+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-26T21:18:51+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:26:47+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-02-26T22:26:50+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-26T22:33:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-26T22:33:25+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-27T21:47:25+00:00** Notification that SB234 is now Act 220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d632bcf-9499-47fa-a53e-accab5ced5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).