---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 1."
description: "TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 130"
citation: "Arkansas SB 130 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14T19:29:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-10T18:57:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78ded06-65dc-4c4f-a61a-9dbd89293ae1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "cf969758c72e4534df21052bc66ea1e4e061cf8dda006706376eefe4f0b3d067"
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 130 (2021) — TO REPEAL THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - PART 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 130** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB130.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14T19:29:43+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-14T19:59:17+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25T20:47:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-26T19:26:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26T19:26:36+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-01-26T21:00:53+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-01-26T22:36:07+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`
- **2021-02-02T17:42:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03T19:53:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03T19:53:55+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-03T21:21:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-03T21:22:00+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-03T23:27:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-03T23:27:50+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-10T18:57:58+00:00** Notification that SB130 is now Act 81 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e78ded06-65dc-4c4f-a61a-9dbd89293ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).