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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CREATE THE COACH SAFELY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE YOUTH INJURY MITIGATION AND INFORMATION COURSES FOR ATHLETICS PERSONNEL AND COACHES."
+description: "TO CREATE THE COACH SAFELY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE YOUTH INJURY MITIGATION AND INFORMATION COURSES FOR ATHLETICS PERSONNEL AND COACHES."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 421"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 421 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["G. Leding", "K. Moore"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-14T19:24:47+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T20:48:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a32a1f-e8ec-42be-bbd3-2c81f701dab3"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "8d999eb442b696785c67c73f75f712208aacf834d07bf7683408c0cebe1f1df8"
+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 SB 421 (2023) — TO CREATE THE COACH SAFELY ACT; AND TO REQUIRE YOUTH INJURY MITIGATION AND INFORMATION COURSES FOR ATHLETICS PERSONNEL AND COACHES.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=642.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **SB 421** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB421.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **76–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- G. Leding — primary (person)
+- K. Moore — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-14T19:24:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-14T20:48:24+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29T18:32:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30T21:15:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T21:15:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2023-03-30T23:02:27+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2023-03-31T01:41:49+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`
+- **2023-04-05T02:41:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-06T01:34:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T01:34:14+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:57:22+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T03:57:42+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T14:53:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2023-04-06T14:53:11+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-11T20:48:00+00:00** Notification that SB421 is now Act 642 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a32a1f-e8ec-42be-bbd3-2c81f701dab3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+