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---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Arkansas SB 218 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Steimel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-11T22:55:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T18:09:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff07f726-a356-4964-8c07-b3c7dbc6bd40"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7f5946f5722c7508e1a252967d9ec0768243dc3e52a3d72ecc1a50fdc84ce735"
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 218 (2025) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 440** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=440.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **SB 218** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB218.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Irvin — primary (person)
- Steimel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-11T22:55:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-02-12T19:47:03+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:42:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26T19:58:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T19:58:58+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-26T21:09:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-26T23:36:54+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T18:37:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T21:07:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T21:07:34+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:20:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-01T23:20:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-02T13:27:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-02T13:27:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T18:09:37+00:00** Notification that SB218 is now Act 440 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff07f726-a356-4964-8c07-b3c7dbc6bd40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).