---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO INFORM A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OF THE SUSPENSION OF A TEACHER OR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TERMINATION OF A TEACHER."
description: "ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO INFORM A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OF THE SUSPENSION OF A TEACHER OR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TERMINATION OF A TEACHER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1591"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1591 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gazaway"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T20:50:25+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-27T20:09:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a788a901-c640-42cd-8ac2-a1c0f6c792a4"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8433e2167118a2ff7d9629a4e1f01d1289ae106302f3df6c84b385eb3fdfbb14"
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 1591 (2021) — ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT TO INFORM A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER OF THE SUSPENSION OF A TEACHER OR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TERMINATION OF A TEACHER.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 1591** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1591.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gazaway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T20:50:25+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T23:04:44+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`
- **2021-03-23T18:12:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29T19:12:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T22:56:33+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:57:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:30:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23T01:49:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23T01:49:59+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
- **2021-04-23T02:47:57+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-23T02:48:16+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-23T18:06:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-27T20:09:25+00:00** Notification that HB1591 is now Act 964 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a788a901-c640-42cd-8ac2-a1c0f6c792a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).