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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL."
+description: "TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1611"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1611 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ennett", "J. Hendren"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-02T20:16:16+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:40+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02890f07-6cd3-4ef5-8b0e-f45e52afc624"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "47511538612a5e486d3c4d31c298602af0814f324044264580fa42b9bcd4589c"
+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 1611 (2021) — TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1611-S1.pdf)
+2. **HB 1611** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1611.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **58–4** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ennett — primary (person)
+- J. Hendren — primary (person)
+- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-02T20:16:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2021-03-02T23:03:20+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`
+- **2021-04-01T17:10:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-05T19:03:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-05T21:37:29+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2021-04-05T21:37:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15T19:52:25+00:00** Returned by the committee with the recommendation that is Do Pass. Amendment #1.
+- **2021-04-19T18:32:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2021-04-19T18:32:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2021-04-19T20:50:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2021-04-20T21:01:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20T21:02:37+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
+- **2021-04-20T22:59:36+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2021-04-21T18:31:40+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2021-04-21T18:32:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2021-04-22T14:14:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2021-04-26T18:18:40+00:00** Notification that HB1611 is now Act 933 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02890f07-6cd3-4ef5-8b0e-f45e52afc624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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