republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2021/sb-544.md

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Bill	REQUIRING A PERSON IN THE CUSTODY OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO USE FUNDS FROM FEDERAL RELIEF OR STIMULUS PROGRAMS TO FIRST PAY OUTSTANDING FINES, FEES, COSTS, OR RESTITUTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	REQUIRING A PERSON IN THE CUSTODY OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO USE FUNDS FROM FEDERAL RELIEF OR STIMULUS PROGRAMS TO FIRST PAY OUTSTANDING FINES, FEES, COSTS, OR RESTITUTION; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.	us/states/ar	Arkansas Legislature	2021	SB 544	Arkansas SB 544 (2021)	bill		enacted	Rice Richmond	4	34	3	2021-03-16T17:33:48+00:00	2021-05-03T21:52:30+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d3ab356d-f225-47de-a185-321cd222aa2a	ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt	7f9a88b4ba78026b69351566e7f29378de1a0db586075648e37ca85e3d7d8aee	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ar

Arkansas SB 544 (2021) — REQUIRING A PERSON IN THE CUSTODY OF A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TO USE FUNDS FROM FEDERAL RELIEF OR STIMULUS PROGRAMS TO FIRST PAY OUTSTANDING FINES, FEES, COSTS, OR RESTITUTION; 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. Amendment H2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 544 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read the third time and passed. — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — 89–0 (pass) · lower
• Read the third time and passed. — 30–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Rice — primary (person)
• Richmond — primary (person)
• Flippo — cosponsor (person)
• G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-16T17:33:48+00:00 Filed introduction
• 2021-03-16T18:49:16+00:00 Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-31T18:05:53+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01T18:34:05+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-01T18:34:17+00:00 Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
• 2021-04-01T21:03:07+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-05T19:11:38+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-05T19:11:45+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-04-05T19:11:58+00:00 Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
• 2021-04-05T21:54:40+00:00 RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
• 2021-04-05T22:22:32+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
• 2021-04-13T18:13:38+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-13T18:13:40+00:00 Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-13T18:38:56+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-20T18:07:45+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 committee-passage
• 2021-04-21T13:36:55+00:00 Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-21T13:36:55+00:00 Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2021-04-21T16:01:58+00:00 REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
• 2021-04-21T21:07:58+00:00 Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-21T21:08:01+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-04-21T21:08:12+00:00 Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1 & 2
• 2021-04-22T02:56:31+00:00 Returned from the House as passed, as amended, Amendment #1 and #2
• 2021-04-22T02:56:48+00:00 Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE referral-committee
• 2021-04-22T19:00:33+00:00 Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 and Amendment #2. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-24T13:31:22+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2021-04-26T18:47:10+00:00 Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
• 2021-04-26T18:47:12+00:00 House Amendment No. 1,2 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
• 2021-04-26T18:47:22+00:00 Rules suspended.
• 2021-04-26T18:47:43+00:00 Read the third time and passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26T18:47:56+00:00 EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
• 2021-04-26T18:47:58+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2021-04-27T13:31:20+00:00 Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
• 2021-04-27T13:31:22+00:00 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03T21:52:30+00:00 Notification that SB544 is now Act 1110 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3ab356d-f225-47de-a185-321cd222aa2a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).