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type: "Bill"
title: "DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY."
description: "DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 622"
citation: "Arkansas SB 622 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hickey", "Shepherd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-01T14:32:39+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-14T15:18:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c151e65d-595a-409b-858e-29cc01683dcf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e935c1c0e8198ded59346596fd1d568b964f3f5d109729773f889327db780793"
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 622 (2021) — DELAYING RELEASE FROM PRISON FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS UNTIL THE OFFENDER HAS SERVED AT LEAST EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; CREATING PENALTIES FOR FALSE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND CREATING A REGISTRY.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB622-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 622** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB622.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **227** (pass) · upper
- Affirm the ruling of the Speaker upheld — **6134** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **6526** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hickey — primary (person)
- Shepherd — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-04-01T14:32:39+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-01T18:30:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T22:45:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T18:29:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-06T18:29:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T19:49:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-07T19:52:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:53:04+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-07T22:05:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-07T22:25:29+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`
- **2021-04-08T21:58:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T21:50:10+00:00** Objection was made - improperly reported out of committee - appeal presented to full House
- **2021-04-12T21:56:17+00:00** Affirm the ruling of the Speaker upheld
- **2021-04-12T21:56:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T21:56:55+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:49:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:49:05+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T20:30:22+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-13T20:30:28+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14T15:18:37+00:00** Notification that SB622 is now Act 681 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c151e65d-595a-409b-858e-29cc01683dcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).