republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/sb-353.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ENCOURAGE THE COLLECTION OF ALL OUTSTANDING RESTITUTION, FINES, FEES, AND COURT COSTS OWED BY INCARCERATED PERSONS; TO CREATE A TASK FORCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO ENCOURAGE THE COLLECTION OF ALL OUTSTANDING RESTITUTION, FINES, FEES, AND COURT COSTS OWED BY INCARCERATED PERSONS; TO CREATE A TASK FORCE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Arkansas SB 353 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-22T21:36:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:24:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f575b5e-2b96-43f0-b093-cd3b76fb8f04"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a0102efd679ac46280abe27c1586276e2df6789a3dcfb066344cc20a639ab612"
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 353 (2021) — TO ENCOURAGE THE COLLECTION OF ALL OUTSTANDING RESTITUTION, FINES, FEES, AND COURT COSTS OWED BY INCARCERATED PERSONS; TO CREATE A TASK FORCE; 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](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB353-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB353-H2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB353-S1.pdf)
4. **SB 353** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB353.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22T21:36:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-22T22:38:40+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T13:12:28+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-06T13:12:36+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T18:12:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:12:28+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14T18:16:39+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T19:14:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:14:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-15T19:14:47+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:21:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-15T22:45:02+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`
- **2021-04-19T18:13:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:13:42+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19T18:35:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T18:07:35+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T13:36:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T13:36:50+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-21T16:23:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-21T21:06:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T21:06:07+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T21:06:21+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
- **2021-04-22T02:54:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1 and Amendment #2.
- **2021-04-22T02:55:12+00:00** Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T23:00:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 and 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T15:41:40+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T15:41:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1,2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T15:42:08+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T15:42:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T15:42:29+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-27T15:42:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T18:42:59+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T18:43:04+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:24:59+00:00** Notification that SB353 is now Act 1048 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f575b5e-2b96-43f0-b093-cd3b76fb8f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).