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AR SB376

Bill

Status

Passed

4/5/2019

Primary Sponsor

Jason Rapert

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Origin

Senate

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arkansas Constitution Article 19, §§ 28-31 to authorize the Arkansas Code Revision Commission to make technical corrections and resolve conflicts when multiple acts amend the same constitutional provision during a single legislative session.

  • Grants the Code Revision Commission authority to correct spelling, capitalization, typographical errors, internal references, numbering, hyphenation, punctuation, and change gender-specific language to gender-neutral language without altering substance or meaning.

  • Requires the Code Revision Commission to file reports explaining revisions made to the Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and Governor, including amended text of affected constitutional provisions.

  • Amends Arkansas Constitution Amendment 89, § 11 and Amendment 98, § 23 to apply the same technical correction and conflict resolution procedures to acts amending those amendments.

  • Declares an emergency effective upon Governor's approval, allowing the act to apply to legislation enacted by the Ninety-Second General Assembly.

Legislative Description

To Amend Arkansas Law Concerning Acts Of The General Assembly Amending The Arkansas Constitution; To Amend Provisions Of The Arkansas Constitution; And To Declare An Emergency.

Last Action

Notification that SB376 is now Act 694

4/5/2019

Committee Referrals

Insurance and Commerce3/4/2019
Insurance & Commerce2/18/2019

Full Bill Text

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