---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SAVE ADOLESCENTS FROM EXPERIMENTATION (SAFE) ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SAVE ADOLESCENTS FROM EXPERIMENTATION (SAFE) ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1570"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1570 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Lundstrum"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-25T19:01:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T18:14:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28c7bfbb-0b86-412c-b355-824912bfc1af"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5bdd078143d3b33af9a99f013dff6d6acbafc32b60e150f1fb00795dbffa0581"
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 1570 (2021) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS SAVE ADOLESCENTS FROM EXPERIMENTATION (SAFE) ACT.

## 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%2FHB1570-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1570-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1570** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1570.pdf)

## Votes

- Override of the Governor's Veto of HB1570. The override of the Governor's Veto passed. — **25–8** (pass) · upper
- Override of Governor's Executive Veto passed — **72–25** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **70–22** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **28–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Lundstrum — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Bryant — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hillman — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lowery — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Tollett — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25T19:01:24+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-25T23:24:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T14:36:51+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-02T14:36:54+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02T16:57:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T14:36:18+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:36:21+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:43:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-10T01:07:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T20:39:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T22:21:48+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:22:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:19:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T21:38:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T21:38:35+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:16:51+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-29T23:16:54+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T13:44:29+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-06T18:26:20+00:00** Override of Governor's Executive Veto passed `passage, veto-override-passage`
- **2021-04-06T18:26:25+00:00** Transmitted to the Senate
- **2021-04-06T19:08:25+00:00** Returned from the House having overriden the Governor's Veto.
- **2021-04-06T19:08:30+00:00** Motion to reconsider the passage of HB1570 notwithstanding the veto of the Governor. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-06T19:08:45+00:00** Motion for Immediate Consideration. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-06T19:09:00+00:00** Override of the Governor's Veto of HB1570. The override of the Governor's Veto passed. `passage, veto-override-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:09:15+00:00** Ordered immediately returned to the House as passed having overriden the Governor's Veto.
- **2021-04-06T20:27:19+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-06T20:28:31+00:00** Transmitted to the Governor's Office having overridden the Veto
- **2021-04-13T18:14:46+00:00** Notification that HB1570 is now Act 626 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28c7bfbb-0b86-412c-b355-824912bfc1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).