Title 10 — General Assembly
6 chapters · 247 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-101 Time for meeting
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(a) (1) The General Assembly shall meet in regular session at 12:00 noon on the second Monday in January in each odd-numbered year.(2) (A) However, in any odd-numbered year following the election of a nonincumbent governor, the General Assembly upon convening at 12:00 noon on the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-102 Duties of Secretary of Senate, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and other officers
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(a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, with their respective clerical forces, shall perform all duties required in the engrossment and enrollment of bills and all necessary work as clerks of committees. (b) The employees of the Senate…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-103 Coordinator of House Legislative Services
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(a) The Coordinator of House Legislative Services shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives with the approval of the House Management Committee. (b) (1) The Coordinator of House Legislative Services shall perform such duties as may be provided by Rules of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-104 Duties of assistant sergeants at arms
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The assistant sergeant at arms in each house shall perform the duties of doorkeeper and postmaster of his or her respective house.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-105 Administration of oaths
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(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may administer oaths to the members and officers of their respective houses. (b) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the chair of a com…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-106 Elections
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In all elections made by either house or by a joint vote of both houses, the votes of a majority of all the members present shall be necessary to a choice, and when an election shall be by joint vote, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives sha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-107 Election of Speaker of the House of Representatives in doubt — Procedure
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(a) If, after the biennial general election and prior to the convening of the regular session, a statement signed by fifty (50) or more members of the House of Representatives who will serve at the next-following regular session of the General Assembly is filed with the current S…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-108 Manuscripts of daily proceedings — Journals
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(a) Whenever the daily proceedings of either house of the General Assembly shall be made up in manuscript form, the manuscript shall be signed each day by the presiding officers of the respective houses and attested by the secretary or clerk thereof. (b) In addition to the transc…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-109 Joint sessions
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(a) When by the Constitution or laws of the state a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives is required, they shall assemble with their clerks on the day and at the hour previously agreed on for that purpose in the hall of the House of Representatives. (b) When t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-110 Disorderly conduct
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(a) If any person, whether a member or not, shall be guilty of any disorder in the presence of either house or a Committee of the Whole, or in a joint meeting of both houses, while in session, the presiding officer of the house or joint meeting or Chair of the Committee of the Wh…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-111 Unauthorized use of roll call system — Penalty
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(a) Any person who, by tampering with the mechanism of the electric roll call system in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, willfully causes the vote indicated at any station to be incorrectly recorded is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-112 Prefiling of bills and resolutions — Assignment to committee — Printing
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(a) (1) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, under the direction and supervision of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, shall establish a system for the prefiling of bills and resolut…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-113 Senate confirmation of board and commission appointees
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(a) All appointments made by the Governor of members of boards and commissions of the State of Arkansas, except appointments of members of boards and commissions governed by specific constitutional provisions that may be in conflict with this section, shall be subject to confirma…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-114 Bills imposing new or additional costs on municipality or county — Fiscal impact statements — Definition
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(a) (1) Any bill filed with the Senate that requires an expenditure of public funds by a municipality or county or otherwise imposes a new or increased cost obligation on any municipality or county shall have a fiscal impact statement attached to it prepared by the author of the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-115 Introduction of bills affecting public retirement programs
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(a) Any proposed legislation affecting any publicly supported retirement system or pension plan to be considered by the General Assembly at a regular session shall be introduced in the General Assembly during the first fifteen (15) calendar days of a regular session. (b) (1) No s…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-116 Authentication of laws passed over veto
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(a) When a bill that has passed both houses of the General Assembly shall be returned by the Governor without his or her signature and with his or her objections thereto, and, upon reconsideration, shall pass both houses by the constitutional majority, it shall be authenticated a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-117 Authentication of bill becoming law without Governor's signature
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Every bill which shall have passed both houses of the General Assembly and shall not be returned by the Governor within five (5) days, having thereby become a law, shall be authenticated by the Governor causing the fact to be certified thereon by the Secretary of State in the fol…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-118 Vacancies during recess
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(a) When any member elected to either house of the General Assembly shall resign in the recess thereof, he or she shall address and transmit his or her resignation in writing to the Governor. (b) Whenever the Governor shall receive any resignation or notice of vacancy or when he …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-119 Vacancies during session
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(a) When any member shall resign during any session, he or she shall address his or her resignation to the presiding officer of the house of which he or she is a member, which resignation shall be entered upon the journal. (b) In all cases of vacancies happening or being declared…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-120 Elections to fill vacancies
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(a) (1) When any vacancy shall happen in the Senate for a district composed of more than one (1) county, the writ of election shall be directed to the sheriff of the county first named in the law establishing the district.(2) When the vacancy shall happen in a senatorial district…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-121 Designation of members to assist Boys State and Girls State — Compensation
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(a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives is authorized to designate up to ten (10) members of the House of Representatives at any one (1) time and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate is authorized to designate up to five (5) senators at any one (1) time to assist in th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-122 Designation of members to represent state at national conferences — Expenses
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(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Chair of the Senate Efficiency Committee, or both, are hereby authorized to designate one (1) or more members of the Senate or staff, or both, to represent the Senate at regional or national conferences of legislators or other of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-123 Institute of Legislative Procedure
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(a) The General Assembly hereby determines that the conducting of an Institute of Legislative Procedure prior to the convening of regular sessions of the General Assembly on rules and legislative procedure and current fiscal conditions and other problems in state government is es…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-124 Bills introduced to change existing circuit court districts
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(a) All bills introduced in either house of the General Assembly to change any of the existing circuit court districts through redistricting or by providing additional judgeships shall be referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee if the bill is from the Senate or the House Judic…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-125 Employees
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(a) The House Management Committee with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives may employ at its discretion employees of the House of Representatives and may transfer or discharge any employee if it is deemed in the best interest of the House of Representativ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-126 Assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate
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(a) The Assistant to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall be under the direction of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (b) The amount of salary to be paid to the assistant shall be determined by the Senate Efficiency Committee.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-127 Fiscal impact statement — Definition
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(a) (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “fiscal impact statement” means a realistic written statement of the purpose of a proposed law, or a rule promulgated under a law, and the estimated financial cost to the state or any local school district of…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-128 Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
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In respect to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and in observance of his birthday, neither the House of Representatives nor the Senate shall convene in session nor shall any of their committees meet on the third Monday in January.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-129 Drafting and information requests to legislative employees — Privilege regarding confidential communications — Legislative findings and purpose — Definitions
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(a) The General Assembly finds:(1) Arkansas Constitution, Article 5, § 15, provides, in part, that “for any speech or debate in either house, [the members of the General Assembly] shall not be questioned in any other place”;(2) The common law doctrine of legislative privilege shi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-130 Use of education studies commissioned by General Assembly
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(a) (1) Any cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or other study commissioned or funded by the General Assembly concerning the state's education system and any conclusion or recommendation resulting from a cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-131 Internet broadcast of proceedings
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(a) During regular sessions, fiscal sessions, and special sessions of the General Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate may broadcast live audio and video of their proceedings on the Internet. (b) This requirement includes only proceedings held in the House Chambe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-132 People First advisory legislative sessions concerning disability issues
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Each biennium, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall establish a People First advisory legislative session concerning disability issues and authorize staff assistance to conduct the People First advisory legislative session.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-133 Increased cost obligations for health benefit plans — Fiscal impact statement required — Definitions
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Entity of the state” means any agency, board, bureau, commission, committee, council, department, division, institution of higher education, office, public school, quasi-public organization, or other political subdivision of the state;(2) “Fiscal …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-134 Senate confirmation of gubernatorial appointments
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(a) The Governor shall submit the names of all appointments for which Senate confirmation is required by law to the Senate within ten (10) days following the appointment. (b) During the interim between legislative sessions, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall call a Sen…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-135 Fiscal impact statements required for rules imposing cost obligation for education on state or school district — Definition
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(a) As used in this subchapter, “fiscal impact statement” means a realistic statement of the purpose of a proposed law, or a rule promulgated under a law, and the estimated financial cost to the state or any local school district of implementing or complying with the proposed law…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-201 Payment of salaries
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(a) (1) The annual salaries of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives established by law shall be payable in equal monthly installments from funds appropriated for that purpose.(2) The Auditor of State is designated as disbursing officer of funds appropriated for …
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-202 Salary of deceased member
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(a) The Auditor of State is authorized and directed to pay to the surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse then to the surviving children, or if there is no surviving spouse or children then to the next of kin of any member of the General Assembly who shall die before…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-211 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-2-211Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-212 Per diem and mileage reimbursement
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(a) (1) The Senate Efficiency Committee shall determine, within the limitations of the Arkansas Constitution and Internal Revenue Service guidelines, the amount of per diem and mileage reimbursement to be paid from Senate appropriations.(2) Subdivision (a)(1) of this section does…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-215 Expense reimbursement for committee chairs, vice chairs, and cochairs
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(a) (1) The chair of each of the standing, select, and joint committees of either house of the General Assembly, the cochairs of the Legislative Council and the chairs of each subcommittee of the Legislative Council, the cochairs of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee and th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-216 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-2-216Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-217 Compensation for members of interim committees and for performance of other interim duties
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(a) (1) Members or alternate members serving as members of the interim committees of the General Assembly as defined in subsection (b) of this section and members of the General Assembly who shall perform “other interim legislative duties as authorized by law” as defined in subse…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-218 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-2-218Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-221 Contingent expenses
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(a) Each house shall control its own contingent expenses. When any account properly chargeable to the House of Representatives shall be adjusted and allowed according to the Rules of the House of Representatives, a certificate thereof shall be granted, signed by the Speaker of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-222 Printing, stationery, and supplies
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(a) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall procure all printing, stationery, paper, and other necessary supplies for the use of the House of Representatives and shall have the power to distribute them among the members. (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall procure…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-223 Authorization to meet during legislative recess — Compensation
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(a) The various committees of the General Assembly that are authorized to meet during the interim between legislative sessions are hereby authorized to meet during a recess of the General Assembly of two (2) weeks or more in duration. (b) A member of the General Assembly attendin…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-224 Compensation for attendance at national or regional conferences
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(a) When the General Assembly is in recess for a period of two (2) weeks or more, a member of the General Assembly is:(1) Authorized to attend national or regional conferences under the same conditions as apply to the attendance at the conferences after sine die adjournment of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-225 Funds
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Funds appropriated to the Bureau of Legislative Research for interim committee study expenses shall be available for use by interim committees meeting during an extended recess of the General Assembly as authorized in § 10-2-223.
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-301 Compelling attendance — Orders — Sentences
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(a) The Senate and the House of Representatives meeting separately or in joint meeting may:(1) Issue the necessary subpoenas and process to summon and compel a person to appear before them or a committee thereof;(2) Carry into execution their orders and sentences; and(3) Summon a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 10-2-302 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 10-2-302Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved