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AR SB652

Bill

Status

Passed

4/18/2019

Primary Sponsor

Mark Johnson

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Origin

Senate

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Renames the state-owned office building at 501 Woodlane in Little Rock, Arkansas from the "501 Building" to the "Winthrop Rockefeller Building"

  • Winthrop Rockefeller served as the first chairman of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission for 9 years and brought over 600 new industrial plants and 90,000 new jobs to Arkansas

  • Rockefeller was elected as Arkansas's first Republican governor since Reconstruction in 1966 and served until 1971

  • During his first months as governor while the Governor's Mansion underwent renovations, Rockefeller lived in the penthouse of the National Old Line Life Insurance Building at 501 Woodlane

  • The Building Authority Division of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to make improvements and construct signage displaying the "Winthrop Rockefeller Building" name on the building

Legislative Description

To Name The Office Building Located At 501 Woodlane, Little Rock, Arkansas; And To Honor Governor Winthrop Rockefeller.

Last Action

Notification that SB652 is now Act 1086

4/18/2019

Committee Referrals

State Agencies and Governmental Affairs4/8/2019
State Agencies & Governmental Affairs3/27/2019

Full Bill Text

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