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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 144: CONCERNING THE BACKLOG OF INMATES AWAITING TRANSFER TO THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR A DESIGNATED DIAGNOSTIC INTAKE FACILITY; AND TO CREATE COUNTY JAIL-STATE INMATE CLOSE-TO-HOME PARTNERSHIPS.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 144 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: CONCERNING THE BACKLOG OF INMATES AWAITING TRANSFER TO THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION; TO PROVIDE FOR A DESIGNATED DIAGNOSTIC INTAKE FACILITY; AND TO CREATE COUNTY JAIL-STATE INMATE CLOSE-TO-HOME PARTNERSHIPS. Primary sponsor: Bryan King (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryan KingPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Senate Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  4. Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  5. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
  6. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  7. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  8. Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
  9. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
  10. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  11. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source