---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW STUDENTS IN CERTAIN GRADES IN-SCHOOL ACCESS TO VENDING MACHINES OFFERING FOOD AND BEVERAGES THAT MEET THE NUTRITION STANDARDS OF THE FEDERAL SMART SNACKS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM."
description: "TO ALLOW STUDENTS IN CERTAIN GRADES IN-SCHOOL ACCESS TO VENDING MACHINES OFFERING FOOD AND BEVERAGES THAT MEET THE NUTRITION STANDARDS OF THE FEDERAL SMART SNACKS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1783"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1783 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tollett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T14:43:27+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T20:21:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/836589ac-6f08-4668-a967-0457bca89fcf"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b9a60d375145aba20aa48c81773b70e41b5ff11ac7dacd11e85c13f865c8097a"
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 1783 (2021) — TO ALLOW STUDENTS IN CERTAIN GRADES IN-SCHOOL ACCESS TO VENDING MACHINES OFFERING FOOD AND BEVERAGES THAT MEET THE NUTRITION STANDARDS OF THE FEDERAL SMART SNACKS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM.

## 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%2FHB1783-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1783** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1783.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tollett — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T14:43:27+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:17:51+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`
- **2021-03-31T13:35:34+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-31T13:35:38+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-31T15:04:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-13T18:03:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T19:02:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T22:24:47+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-04-14T22:24:58+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T18:15:02+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T16:16:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:16:27+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T16:36:55+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T16:36:57+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-28T16:27:25+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-30T20:21:32+00:00** Notification that HB1783 is now Act 1070 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/836589ac-6f08-4668-a967-0457bca89fcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).