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---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND."
description: "TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 560"
citation: "Arkansas SB 560 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Tosh"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-24T15:20:34+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T21:12:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2bf648-1135-4f2b-99dd-443c549edbc6"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "e11e33bc2b2d1e85b66b027c3d60a0eb4f4026b209edf784d7cd4867abd3af5c"
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 560 (2025) — TO DECREASE THE BASE CONTRIBUTION RATE; TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSESSMENT RATE; TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE SKILLED WORKFORCE IN THIS STATE; AND TO AMEND THE DIVISION OF WORKFORCE SERVICES TRAINING TRUST FUND.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Act 740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=740.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB560-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 560** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB560.pdf)
## Sponsors
- J. English — primary (person)
- Tosh — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-24T15:20:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-03-31T19:01:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T13:35:53+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-04-01T13:35:59+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-04-01T18:55:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-04-01T18:55:12+00:00** Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T18:28:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03T21:03:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T21:03:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-04-03T22:05:10+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-04-04T00:18:32+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T20:17:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-15T00:39:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T00:39:52+00:00** Returned to the Senate as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:53:28+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2025-04-15T01:53:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-04-15T14:17:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-04-15T14:17:40+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18T21:12:12+00:00** Notification that SB560 is now Act 740 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a2bf648-1135-4f2b-99dd-443c549edbc6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).