TO AMEND THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; TO ABOLISH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY; TO AMEND THE BOARD OF ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MEMBERS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House Passage
Jan 2021
Signed into Law
Feb 2021
Introduced Jan 13, 2021
Signed Feb 1, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2021 · House Jan 27, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Jan 21, 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
17
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 1, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB116 is now Act 18
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 42 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alan Clark
RRepublican
P
Richard Womack
RRepublican
Co
Bill Sample
RRepublican
Co
Blake Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Brandt Smith
RRepublican
Co
Brian S. Evans
RRepublican
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
Carol Dalby
RRepublican
Co
Charles Beckham
RRepublican
Co
Clarke Tucker
DDemocratic
Co
Craig Christiansen
RRepublican
Co
Dan Sullivan
RRepublican
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