---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1677"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1677 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-09T19:18:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:44:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/138c427e-eb6e-4726-be1f-6f46ece1535e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1a29129ea43dfacad4a47d4b31575cc74b58dad1d49bece33665f41b9a3780ca"
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 1677 (2021) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1677** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1677.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09T19:18:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T22:42:40+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`
- **2021-03-16T18:18:40+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17T18:46:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T18:46:59+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-17T22:47:29+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-17T22:47:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:20:13+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:49:06+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:49:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-05T20:49:28+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T22:00:22+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T22:00:24+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:12:07+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:44:03+00:00** Notification that HB1677 is now Act 614 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/138c427e-eb6e-4726-be1f-6f46ece1535e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).