---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FOOD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FOOD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1009"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1009 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beckham", "Wardlaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-11-30T17:40:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-24T19:09:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f92fcda-7ea0-4ec3-9728-acfc0cd6c1cd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "f8b6194b44df5a5dbab18664376bf6f6fe641775d4ec45da8aa6a92b1f724032"
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 1009 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS FOOD IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

## 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%2FHB1009-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1009** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1009.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beckham — primary (person)
- Wardlaw — primary (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-11-30T17:40:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:09:47+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`
- **2021-01-26T19:25:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27T19:22:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27T23:18:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-01-27T23:18:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to Senate Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T22:23:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T19:16:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-09T19:16:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-09T21:02:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-10T20:34:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10T20:34:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed as amended #1
- **2021-02-10T22:27:53+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-02-22T19:05:56+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-02-22T19:05:59+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-02-22T21:40:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-02-24T19:09:35+00:00** Notification that HB1009 is now Act 141 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f92fcda-7ea0-4ec3-9728-acfc0cd6c1cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).