TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL ACT; TO ESTABLISH THE MILITARY AFFAIRS GRANT PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 20, 2021
Signed Apr 5, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2021 · House Mar 30, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 10, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
10
Committee
5
Apr 5, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB163 is now Act 522
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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