---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Arkansas SB 124 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "J. Sturch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T18:33:42+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-08T18:51:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fea08cc-b1b8-461f-bae1-6631ad5867fb"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "688feeaa66ef30074529b6f0db77b6c1e6379a86f6b4818a1ab30cc2b4e9b29f"
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 124 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CONTENT STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM FRAMEWORKS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE STATEWIDE STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 124** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB124.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- J. Sturch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T18:33:42+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T19:09:34+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T22:22:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09T19:29:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09T19:29:36+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-09T22:11:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-09T22:23:27+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`
- **2021-02-25T19:07:05+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T20:03:51+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T20:03:57+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-01T21:47:02+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-01T21:47:21+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-02T19:06:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-02T19:07:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-08T18:51:39+00:00** Notification that SB124 is now Act 251 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fea08cc-b1b8-461f-bae1-6631ad5867fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).