Arkansas Code Title 10. General Assembly § 10-2-101. Time for meeting

(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 second Monday in January may remain in session only for such time not to exceed two (2) days as is necessary to open and publish the votes for various constitutional offices, to swear in the state constitutional officers and members of the General Assembly, to organize and select officers, and to otherwise prepare for the regular session.

(B) The General Assembly may then stand in recess for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.

(A) Second Monday in February in years in which the preferential primary election is held in May under § 7-7-203; and

(B) Second Wednesday in April in years in which the preferential primary election is held in March under § 7-7-203.