republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/sb-236.md

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Bill	TO EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM INCOME TAX DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	TO EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM INCOME TAX DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	SB 236	Arkansas SB 236 (2021)	bill		enacted	J. Dismang Jett	2	23	3	2021-01-28T18:15:19+00:00	2021-03-01T20:06:50+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/144a028c-4dc2-4413-ae1f-cf8737c4a29a	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	71b1e3a7a8b823b17ef4d8907d6296d569f7c9223f366301b0d2bbb525728d0b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 236 (2021) — TO EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS FROM INCOME TAX DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB 236 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 92–2 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J. Dismang — primary (person)
• Jett — primary (person)
• A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
• B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
• Beckham — cosponsor (person)
• Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
• C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
• Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
• D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
• D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
• Elliott — cosponsor (person)
• Flippo — cosponsor (person)
• G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
• G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
• Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
• Hester — cosponsor (person)
• Hickey — cosponsor (person)
• Hill — cosponsor (person)
• Irvin — cosponsor (person)
• J. English — cosponsor (person)
• J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
• J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
• K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
• K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
• L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
• L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
• M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
• M. Pitsch — cosponsor (person)
• Rapert — cosponsor (person)
• Rice — cosponsor (person)
• S. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
• T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
• Teague — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-28T18:15:19+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-01-28T20:10:02+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to REVENUE & TAX - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-03T19:19:04+00:00 Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-04T19:26:39+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-04T19:27:16+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-02-04T19:27:31+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2021-02-04T21:48:45+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2021-02-04T22:33:57+00:00 Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on REVENUE & TAXATION- HOUSE reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-02-09T22:01:05+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 committee-passage
• 2021-02-10T14:33:52+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-02-10T14:34:02+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-10T17:00:53+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-02-22T19:37:55+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-22T19:38:00+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-02-22T19:38:15+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
• 2021-02-23T00:55:46+00:00 Return from the House as passed, as amended #1
• 2021-02-23T19:32:07+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-02-23T19:41:01+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2021-02-23T19:41:14+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-23T19:41:24+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-02-23T19:41:31+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2021-02-24T21:45:23+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2021-03-01T20:06:50+00:00 Notification that SB236 is now Act 154 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/144a028c-4dc2-4413-ae1f-cf8737c4a29a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).