---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE THE 2030 ARKANSAS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE; AND TO PLAN AND CONDUCT STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2030 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS."
description: "TO CREATE THE THE 2030 ARKANSAS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE; AND TO PLAN AND CONDUCT STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2030 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Arkansas SB 403 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beaty Jr.", "C. Tucker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-06T22:04:17+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:12:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa6439d-ab3b-41a6-8db8-dae05eb0b8ed"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "59c025102991f0af728b5bcd0678a84887fedf3be2eddda542a5ed9e17bc8f5d"
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 403 (2025) — TO CREATE THE THE 2030 ARKANSAS COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE; AND TO PLAN AND CONDUCT STATEWIDE EDUCATIONAL AND OUTREACH INITIATIVES TO INCREASE COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2030 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 449** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=449.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB403-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB403.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beaty Jr. — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — primary (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06T22:04:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-06T23:09:18+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T18:38:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T18:55:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-03-13T18:55:23+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-03-13T20:50:00+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-03-17T19:57:25+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T19:57:33+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-03-17T22:39:06+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-03-17T23:54:29+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`
- **2025-03-19T22:32:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-31T21:04:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T21:04:54+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:55:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-03-31T22:55:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-01T14:19:56+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-01T14:20:01+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:12:49+00:00** Notification that SB403 is now Act 449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aa6439d-ab3b-41a6-8db8-dae05eb0b8ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).