---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL."
description: "TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1611"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1611 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ennett", "J. Hendren"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-02T20:16:16+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T18:18:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02890f07-6cd3-4ef5-8b0e-f45e52afc624"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "47511538612a5e486d3c4d31c298602af0814f324044264580fa42b9bcd4589c"
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 1611 (2021) — TO ALLOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO USE FUNDING TO PROVIDE FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS AT NO CHARGE IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL AND OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

## 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%2FHB1611-S1.pdf)
2. **HB 1611** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1611.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **58–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ennett — primary (person)
- J. Hendren — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T20:16:16+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T23:03:20+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`
- **2021-04-01T17:10:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T19:03:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T21:37:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:37:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T19:52:25+00:00** Returned by the committee with the recommendation that is Do Pass. Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-19T18:32:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-19T18:32:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-19T20:50:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T21:01:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T21:02:37+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-20T22:59:36+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-21T18:31:40+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2021-04-21T18:32:28+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T14:14:43+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-26T18:18:40+00:00** Notification that HB1611 is now Act 933 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02890f07-6cd3-4ef5-8b0e-f45e52afc624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).