SB 254 Arkansas Senate · 2021 Regular Session

TO ENSURE THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT PENALIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THEIR PATRONS OR CUSTOMERS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2021

Committee Review

Mar 2021

Senate Passage

Mar 2021

House Passage

Mar 2021

Signed into Law

Mar 2021

Introduced Feb 2, 2021 Signed Mar 17, 2021

Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2021 · House Mar 10, 2021

How they voted

32–1

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 35

Feb 9, 2021

D Democratic7

4 Yea 1 Nay 2

57% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

27 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 17, 2021

Signed into law

Notification that SB254 is now Act 401

upper

Mar 10, 2021

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed.

upper

Mar 10, 2021

Lower · Passed

Returned To the Senate as passed.

lower

Mar 10, 2021

Lower · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

lower

Mar 10, 2021

Lower · Passed

Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

lower

Mar 10, 2021

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Feb 9, 2021

Upper · Passed

EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED

upper

Feb 9, 2021

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Feb 8, 2021

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

upper

Feb 4, 2021

Committee

Re-referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE

upper

Feb 2, 2021

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 41 co-sponsors