---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY UNDER THE SCHOOL COUNSELING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2019."
description: "CONCERNING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY UNDER THE SCHOOL COUNSELING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Arkansas SB 120 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Vaught"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13T22:37:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:42:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd83f190-2c2c-4bab-9316-11cc4ce73179"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "d0137d4c9d66ab3fd12d540cce7d1b4223a821e229d13e2505216e1843f4617f"
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 SB 120 (2021) — CONCERNING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY UNDER THE SCHOOL COUNSELING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2019.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 120** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB120.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T22:37:00+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T19:07:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:15:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T18:33:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T18:35:06+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:57:33+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:08:30+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`
- **2021-04-01T17:11:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:28:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:28:17+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:14:11+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:14:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:38:45+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:38:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:42:29+00:00** Notification that SB120 is now Act 650 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd83f190-2c2c-4bab-9316-11cc4ce73179`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).