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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 491: TO REQUIRE A VENDOR THAT CONTRACTS WITH THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DIVISION TO SUBMIT DATA FOR VERIFICATION BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT; TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A VENDOR THAT PROVIDES INACCURATE DATA; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Enacted 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 491 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on March 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO REQUIRE A VENDOR THAT CONTRACTS WITH THE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS DIVISION TO SUBMIT DATA FOR VERIFICATION BY AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT; TO IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON A VENDOR THAT PROVIDES INACCURATE DATA; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. Primary sponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), Kim Hammer (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Notification that SB491 is now Act 956.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brandon AchorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Kim HammerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“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. Notification that SB491 is now Act 956
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
  3. Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
  4. ORDERED ENROLLED
  5. EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
  6. Motion to Expunge the Vote by which Emergency Clause failed of adoption. Motion carried.
  7. Emergency Clause failed of adoption.
  8. Read the third time and passed.
  9. Rules suspended.
  10. House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
  11. Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
  12. Rules suspended.

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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