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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO ADOPT AN APPROVED BILINGUAL PROGRAM OR DUAL-IMMERSION PROGRAM."
+description: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO ADOPT AN APPROVED BILINGUAL PROGRAM OR DUAL-IMMERSION PROGRAM."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1451"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1451 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["C. Tucker", "Godfrey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-02-08T22:07:29+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-12T18:21:45+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07c9893-2f97-445c-a502-9462dfd16d71"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "77fc652976d84921a721c1ee2cc86868ee1561389730f561a10ba19bf54a5233"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1451 (2021) — TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR AN OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO ADOPT AN APPROVED BILINGUAL PROGRAM OR DUAL-IMMERSION PROGRAM.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1451-H1.pdf)
+2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1451-H2.pdf)
+3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1451-S1.pdf)
+4. **HB 1451** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1451.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **89–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **63–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- C. Tucker — primary (person)
+- Godfrey — primary (person)
+- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
+- Elliott — cosponsor (person)
+- Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Hester — cosponsor (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
+- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
+- Womack — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-08T22:07:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-02-08T22:48:25+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08T14:35:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-08T14:35:27+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-08T18:42:33+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-11T19:08:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-15T13:32:22+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-15T13:32:26+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-03-15T16:46:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-03-16T18:24:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16T20:45:26+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-03-16T20:45:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-29T23:21:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31T19:50:10+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-03-31T19:50:35+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-03-31T20:45:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-01T19:47:36+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01T19:47:53+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2021-04-01T22:17:15+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-01T22:17:23+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06T18:31:48+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-07T18:15:49+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-07T18:15:52+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-08T14:41:58+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-12T18:21:45+00:00** Notification that HB1451 is now Act 663 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b07c9893-2f97-445c-a502-9462dfd16d71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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