---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER A HUNTING SAFETY COURSE AS PART OF ITS CURRICULUM."
description: "TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER A HUNTING SAFETY COURSE AS PART OF ITS CURRICULUM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Arkansas SB 161 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzales", "T. Garner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-20T19:10:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T22:05:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598eddf7-50f6-4cbe-a55e-0777fe38c936"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ce485b8bb997809c87a07cc61c1a8789bb473657d1a6ffc655a4b0ed7716a940"
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 161 (2021) — TO ALLOW A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO OFFER A HUNTING SAFETY COURSE AS PART OF ITS CURRICULUM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB161-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB161-S2.pdf)
3. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB161-S3.pdf)
4. **SB 161** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB161.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzales — primary (person)
- T. Garner — primary (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20T19:10:46+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-20T19:40:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T14:27:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-01T14:27:57+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-01T19:08:59+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-01T19:09:16+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T14:36:01+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2021-02-10T14:36:10+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-10T19:13:52+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-10T19:14:05+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T23:14:17+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T19:19:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-09T19:21:03+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-09T20:59:03+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-10T19:35:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T19:35:55+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-10T22:31:20+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-10T23:47:33+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`
- **2021-03-23T18:11:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30T18:26:42+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30T18:26:51+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:35:03+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-30T19:35:10+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-31T17:24:07+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-31T17:24:11+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T22:05:33+00:00** Notification that SB161 is now Act 536 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598eddf7-50f6-4cbe-a55e-0777fe38c936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).