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type: "Bill"
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title: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS."
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description: "TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
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legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 227"
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citation: "Arkansas SB 227 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Eubanks"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-13T16:34:20+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-10T21:00:08+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6725a80-181c-44cc-bd58-58537fc43259"
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source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
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source_hash: "e1db8f5eeb6f0ec50960dad4376d344a0924f196152597c30b24a75dcf61e01d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
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---
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# Arkansas SB 227 (2025) — TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO AMEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967 CONCERNING PUBLIC MEETINGS.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Act 505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=505.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
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2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-H1.pdf)
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3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S1.pdf)
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4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S2.pdf)
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5. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S3.pdf)
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6. **Amendment S4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S4.pdf)
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7. **Amendment S5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB227-S5.pdf)
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8. **SB 227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB227.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- C. Tucker — primary (person)
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- Eubanks — primary (person)
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- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Penzo — cosponsor (person)
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- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
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- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
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- Hawk — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
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- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
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- Womack — cosponsor (person)
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- Wooldridge — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13T16:34:20+00:00** Filed `introduction`
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- **2025-02-13T17:47:00+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20T13:59:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
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- **2025-02-20T14:00:04+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-02-20T18:21:23+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-02-20T18:21:33+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-26T14:00:29+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
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- **2025-02-26T14:00:40+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-02-26T19:41:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-02-26T19:41:59+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-03T13:58:10+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 3
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- **2025-03-03T13:58:21+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-03-03T19:38:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-03T19:38:57+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-10T13:00:16+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 4
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- **2025-03-10T13:00:27+00:00** Amendment # 4 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-03-10T18:36:12+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-10T18:36:20+00:00** Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11T18:48:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-12T19:02:24+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-03-12T19:02:33+00:00** Amendment # 5 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
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- **2025-03-12T21:25:15+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-13T19:06:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13T19:06:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
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- **2025-03-13T22:02:12+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
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- **2025-03-13T22:26:01+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18T13:36:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-03-18T13:36:25+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-18T16:30:09+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
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- **2025-03-19T21:09:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31T20:56:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31T20:56:54+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
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- **2025-03-31T22:47:21+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
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- **2025-04-07T18:35:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
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- **2025-04-07T18:35:57+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
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- **2025-04-07T18:36:07+00:00** Rules suspended.
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- **2025-04-07T18:36:20+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-07T18:36:30+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
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- **2025-04-08T14:37:34+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
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- **2025-04-08T14:37:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-10T21:00:08+00:00** Notification that SB227 is now Act 505 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6725a80-181c-44cc-bd58-58537fc43259`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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