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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 549: TO ENSURE THAT MANDATED COSTS AND FEES PAID BY A DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL CASE SHALL BE REFUNDED UPON AN ACQUITTAL, A DISMISSAL, OR AN ORDER OF NOLLE PROSEQUI.

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 549 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas Senate on March 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: TO ENSURE THAT MANDATED COSTS AND FEES PAID BY A DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL CASE SHALL BE REFUNDED UPON AN ACQUITTAL, A DISMISSAL, OR AN ORDER OF NOLLE PROSEQUI. Primary sponsor: Richard Womack (Republican), Greg Leding (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): 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): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Richard WomackPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse90
Greg LedingPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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. Sine Die adjournment
  2. Recommended for study in the Interim Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  3. Withdrawn from Committee and placed on calendar.
  4. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE
  5. Filed

Sources

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