---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE EARNING SAFE REENTRY THROUGH WORK ACT; AND TO CREATE A SENTENCE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR A PERSON ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION TO EARN TIME CREDITS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CREATE THE EARNING SAFE REENTRY THROUGH WORK ACT; AND TO CREATE A SENTENCE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR A PERSON ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION TO EARN TIME CREDITS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Arkansas SB 537 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "M. Brown"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-20T18:36:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:21:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001ee879-b60e-4801-af7e-4b8d06976baf"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "fcf512eb3c63a20f97591cec7ce709dff80d0c27dd2760a22fbd2050524e6bd2"
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 537 (2025) — TO CREATE THE EARNING SAFE REENTRY THROUGH WORK ACT; AND TO CREATE A SENTENCE CREDIT PROGRAM FOR A PERSON ON PROBATION, PAROLE, OR POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION TO EARN TIME CREDITS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 763** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=763.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB537-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 537** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB537.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- M. Brown — primary (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20T18:36:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-20T20:46:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T22:38:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-01T14:08:01+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-04-01T14:08:12+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:59:10+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-02T21:10:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T21:11:03+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-02T21:11:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-02T23:31:48+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-03T00:47:18+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`
- **2025-04-10T19:22:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:16:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:16:58+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-04-15T00:17:03+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:52:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:52:29+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:15:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:15:05+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:21:20+00:00** Notification that SB537 is now Act 763 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001ee879-b60e-4801-af7e-4b8d06976baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).