Arkansas Library Laws 

• Arkansas Public Library Laws Annotated 2009-2010 Edition - PDF 
  • You may print the PDF.  We do not have any more copies of the Arkansas Public Library Laws Annotated book.  The next edition will be printed this fall.     

         Library Legislation                                                  Federal

• Library Legislation / 89th Arkansas General Assembly  - House; Senate    ACTS
  ACTS of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly
• ACTS of the 87th Arkansas General Assembly ArkansasLibraryLaws.aspx

        Arkansas State Government Information

• Arkansas Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Information about the 89th General Assembly (Legislators & Committees/Meetings & Events/Batch Bill Status)
• Historic Bill and ACT search
• Office of Educational Policy/University of Arkansas
  
  District Maps: 
• Senate & House of Representatives
  
  Web Pages: 

   
• Senate 
• House of Representatives        

Message about legislation?  House: 501-682-6211, fax 501- 682-3479; Senate: 501-682-6107, fax 501-682-2917; Gov. Beebe: 501-2345; fax 682-1382  mike.beebe@arkansas.gov

Federal Library Legislation   ALA Link     Consumer Product and Safety Act

American Library Association Legislative Scorecard  2007-2011
Find Your Representative   Arkansas Senators
Losing Libraries (This site tracks budget cuts and changes to public libraries around the country.)

2011   [For additional information, see Libraries in the News]

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act 
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) of 2011

Additional Resources

Library of Congress Thomas  [In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress]
Current legislation
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