Ark. Code Ann. § 6-85-501: Introduction of bills

(a) The following proposed legislation to be considered by the General Assembly at a regular session shall be introduced in the General Assembly during the first thirty-one (31) calendar days of a regular session: (1) A bill that creates a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable; and (2) A bill that affects an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable. (b) (1) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced after the thirty-first day of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly. (2) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first thirty-one (31) days of a regular session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess. (c) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced or considered at a special session or fiscal session of the General Assembly unless the introduction or consideration of the bill is first approved by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly. Added by Act 2021, No. 636,§ 3, eff. 4/12/2021.

(a) The following proposed legislation to be considered by the General Assembly at a regular session shall be introduced in the General Assembly during the first thirty-one (31) calendar days of a regular session: (1) A bill that creates a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable; and (2) A bill that affects an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable.

(1) A bill that creates a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable; and

(2) A bill that affects an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable.

(b) (1) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced after the thirty-first day of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly. (2) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first thirty-one (31) days of a regular session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess.

ty-first day of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly. (2) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first thirty-one (31) days of a regular session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess.

(1) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced after the thirty-first day of a regular session unless its introduction is first approved by a three-fourths vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly.

(2) If the General Assembly recesses for longer than three (3) consecutive days during the first thirty-one (31) days of a regular session, the deadline imposed under this section shall be extended for a time period equal to the recess.

(c) A bill creating a new scholarship to be funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, or affecting an existing scholarship that is funded with net proceeds from the state lottery or the Higher Education Grants Fund Account, as applicable, shall not be introduced or considered at a special session or fiscal session of the General Assembly unless the introduction or consideration of the bill is first approved by a two-thirds vote of the full membership of each chamber of the General Assembly.