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Votes at a glance: key Senate actions March 20, 2025
Summary
A roundup of bills the Arkansas Senate recorded final outcomes on March 20, 2025, with available vote tallies and next steps.
Below are final actions recorded on the Senate floor on March 20, 2025. For bills that drew extended debate, separate articles cover the discussion; this roundup lists additional measures that received recorded action or had outcomes announced on the floor.
- Senate Bill 111 (dentist and dental hygienist compact) ' Amendment concurred; recorded roll call: 32 yeas, 0 nays, 1 present; bill passed as concurred and was enrolled.
- Senate Bill 83 (breast reconstruction coverage) ' Passed by roll call: 33 yeas, 0 nays; transmitted to the House. (See separate article.)
- Senate Bill 264 / SB2 64 (Arkansas Primary Care Payment Improvement Working Group) ' Passed; roll call summarized on the floor as 32 yays, 0 nays, 1 not voting; transmitted to the House.
- Senate Bill 277 / SB2 77 (record sealing for certain theft offenses) ' Passed on floor vote summarized as 27 yeas, 5 nays, 1 not voting; transmitted to the House. Sponsor explained the measure adds an enhanced-theft statute to the Record Sealing Act's exemptions until the applicable look-back period expires.
- Senate Bill 376 (Freedom of Information Act amendments) ' Passed; roll call on the floor reported 19 yeas, 10 nays, 1 not voting, 3 present; transmitted to the House. (See separate article.)
- Senate Bill 390 (state apprenticeship agency act) ' Passed by roll call: 33 yays, 0 nays; transmitted to the House.
- Senate Bill 406 (county recorder ID verification for deeds) ' Discussed on the floor; sponsor announced intent to withdraw the bill for amendment and return in April (no final vote during the March 20 session).
- Senate Bill 422 (nonprofit contributions to 529 accounts for students) ' Passed by roll call: 33 yays, 0 nays; transmitted to the House. (See separate article.)
- Senate Bill 459/460 series and other committee bills ' Multiple committee reports and engrossed/enrolled notices were read on the floor; many of these measures were transmitted to the House or enrolled as noted by the secretary. For some measures the floor reading simply recorded that committee reports or engrossed copies were found correctly enrolled; individual vote tallies for those items were not read aloud in the transcript excerpt.
Several bills were explicitly held, amended, or withdrawn for amendment as noted during floor session; sponsors frequently said they would return with clarified language after consultation with stakeholders.
Where a recorded roll call was read aloud on the floor, that tally is listed above. For bills discussed in depth (for example, SB376 on FOIA and SB406 on deed-verification) separate writeups summarize debate and next steps.
