SB 227 Arkansas Senate · 2025 Regular Session

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.

SB 227 amends the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, specifically updating provisions related to public meetings. The bill's text provided does not specify the exact nature of these amendments or the concrete policy changes it would implement. It was passed by the legislature on April 7, 2025, and became Act 505 on April 10, 2025. The context lacks details on the specific changes to FOIA or who would be directly affected, so a substantive summary of the policy mechanisms cannot be provided from the given information.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Act 505 → SB 227 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text shows formatting and header changes rather than substantive policy modifications. The document transitions from 'Act 505' to 'SB 227' with updated legislative session dates and formatting, but no actual policy content changes are visible in this excerpt.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from Act 505 to SB 227 with updated session dates (S2/20/25 through S3/12/25 and H3/18/25)

Added blank lines at the beginning of the document for formatting purposes

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 10, 2025

Signed into law

Notification that SB227 is now Act 505

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned by the Committee Do Pass

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Introduced

Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read the third time and passed.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 5

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

upper

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

2 primary · 14 co-sponsors