Executive Activity

Proclamation on National Day of Prayer in Arkansas

Sanders Signs HCR1012, To Proclaim the Month of May as Bike Month in the State of Arkansas

Proclamation on National Police Week

Proclamation on Economic Development Week

Readout of the Governor’s Cabinet Meeting

Sanders Requests 30-Day Extension to the 100 Percent Federal Cost Share for Tornado Cleanup Expenses

Sanders Names Dr. Ken Warden Commissioner of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education

Readout of the Governor’s Meeting with Arkansas Elected Prosecutors

Proclamation on Month of the Military Child and Purple Up Day

Sanders’ Veto Letter for HB1189

Sanders’ Veto Letter for SB509

Sanders’ Veto Letter for HB1176

Bills Signed: SB9, SB426, SB504, SB556, SB237, SB444, SB510, SB562, SB312, SB448, SB512

Sanders’ Veto Letter for HB1622

Bills Signed: HB1020, HB1096, HB1117, HB1119, HB1133, HB1168, HB1177, HB1192, HB1231

Bills Signed: HB1011, HB1169, HB1348, HB1649, HB1788

Sanders Signs SB461, SB462, SB464, SB472, SB558, SB559, SB497, SB557, SB362, SB560, HB1783, SB498

Sanders Signs SB396

Sanders’ Request for 100 Percent Federal Cost Share Approved

Sanders Signs SB549 and HB1045

Bills Signed: HB1594, HB1653, HB1674, HB1296, HB1408

Bills Signed: SB207, SB253, SB277, SB296, SB309, SB322, SB334

Proclamation on a Day of Prayer and Action Across Arkansas in Response to the March 31, 2023, Tornadoes

Sanders’ Request for Major Disaster Declaration Approved by President Biden

Sanders Requests 100 Percent Federal Cost Share for Tornado Cleanup Expenses

Sanders’ Request for Major Disaster Declaration for this Winter’s Severe Storms Approved by President Biden

Sanders Requests Major Disaster Declaration from President Biden

Bills Signed: HB1084, HB1179, HB1261, HB1427, HB1452, HB1522

Sanders Launches One-Stop Website for Tornado Recovery

Sanders Orders Flags to Half-Staff on April 8, 2023

EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING EMERGENCY PAID LEAVE FOR CERTAIN STATE EMPLOYEES WHOSE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCES ARE OR WERE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 23-20.

EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EXTEND THE STATE INDIVIDUAL TAX FILING DEADLINE PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 23-20 FOLLOWING THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURRED THROUGHOUT ARKANSAS ON MARCH 31, 2023.

Proclamation on National Vietnam War Veterans Day

Readout of the Governor’s Call with the Secretary of Homeland Security

Bills Signed: SB190, HB1156, SB195, SB292, SB346, SB347, HB1411, HB1425, SB291, HB1007, HB1035, HB1360, HB1518, HB1546, SB282, HB1423, HB1426, HB1448, HB1459, HB1470, HB1473, HB1487, HB1557, SB209, SB333, SB348, HB1434, HB1469, HB1481, HB1524, HB1525, HB1532, SB95, SB97, SB290, SB305, SB321, SB356, HB1380, HB1436, HB1439, HB1498, SB185, SB252, SB313, HB1032, HB1475, SB26, SB29, SB35, SB85, SB315, SB255, SB258, SB335, HCR1011

Proclamation on Arkansas Agriculture Week

Readout of the Governor’s Roundtable with Arkansas Agriculture Leaders

Proclamation on World Down Syndrome Awareness Day

Bills Signed: HCMR1001, SB273, HB1307, HB1512, SB288

Readout of the Governor’s Call with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell

Readout of the Governor’s Call with the President of the United States

Proclamation to Declare a State of Emergency in Arkansas

Bills Signed: SB254, SB280, SB293, SB307, SB343, HB1405

EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNOR’S DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUND AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. §§ 12-75-114, AS AMENDED.

Sanders Requests Major Disaster Declaration from President Biden

Proclamation on Women’s History Month

Bills Signed: HB1404, SB271, HB1238, HB1336

Sanders, Boozman, Cotton, Womack Applaud Selection of Fort Smith for F-35 Fighter Planes, Singapore Air Force Squadron

Sanders to Appoint Dr. Wesley Kluck, Dr. Matthew Sellers, and Dr. Michael Birrer to the Arkansas State Medical Board

Sanders’ Statement on the Arkansas State Legislature Passing Arkansas LEARNS