---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE CONCERNING STATE FOUNDATION FUNDING AID; TO CREATE THE TEACHER SALARY EQUALIZATION FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE CONCERNING STATE FOUNDATION FUNDING AID; TO CREATE THE TEACHER SALARY EQUALIZATION FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1614"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1614 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:48:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:16:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0f29519-f732-4954-903a-5dd7d3acd91b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c06f2c9aa0b9e8714b443f56b6a448ddadfbd798153bacf5e2178c6a8703c67f"
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 1614 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE CONCERNING STATE FOUNDATION FUNDING AID; TO CREATE THE TEACHER SALARY EQUALIZATION FUND; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1614** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1614.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T17:48:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-03T22:42:23+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`
- **2021-03-16T18:18:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T18:43:30+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T18:43:33+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-17T22:45:16+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-17T22:45:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:19:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:37:13+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:37:20+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T20:37:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:57:58+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:58:00+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:15:45+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:16:28+00:00** Notification that HB1614 is now Act 680 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0f29519-f732-4954-903a-5dd7d3acd91b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).