---
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).