---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL."
description: "TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1029"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1029 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["F. Allen", "L. Chesterfield"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-17T17:05:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-04T14:54:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a5b68aa-0616-4245-9edd-fe93c4ec45a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a0e4db3f77e0e4e44ad8eef9d20966f7ff9ad7db59142c754fc8978d1be3a1bf"
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 1029 (2021) — TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

## 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%2FHB1029-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1029** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1029.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- F. Allen — primary (person)
- L. Chesterfield — primary (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-17T17:05:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T20:16:19+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`
- **2021-02-04T17:48:31+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 4 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T14:36:44+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-08T14:36:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-08T16:11:17+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-09T19:15:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T21:29:58+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-09T21:30:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T23:50:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T20:55:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:55:13+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:51:34+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-01T22:51:36+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T17:00:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-04T14:54:13+00:00** Notification that HB1029 is now Act 259 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a5b68aa-0616-4245-9edd-fe93c4ec45a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).