---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY SCHOOL APPROACH."
description: "TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY SCHOOL APPROACH."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Arkansas SB 291 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "L. Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-04T21:14:29+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-20T15:06:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20cac5d0-99dd-4bdd-8628-aed89c735b07"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0689d016432181c27ad82da8be1ef154781bd2de0656aec38e814b6ecad1c168"
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 291 (2021) — TO SUPPORT ARKANSAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY SCHOOL APPROACH.

## 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%2FSB291-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB291-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 291** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB291.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **55–24** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and failed. — **44–33** (fail) · lower
- Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption — **58–18** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T21:14:29+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T21:37:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:30:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:20:30+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-04T19:20:38+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-04T21:10:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-08T19:46:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T19:46:55+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-08T19:47:21+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-08T21:56:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-08T22:46:49+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`
- **2021-03-18T18:10:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22T19:34:03+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T21:00:08+00:00** Motion to expunge SB291 vote passed
- **2021-03-23T21:00:35+00:00** Motion to rerefer back to committee passed
- **2021-03-23T21:00:45+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T17:10:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T13:34:06+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-05T13:34:09+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-05T16:00:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T20:05:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T20:06:00+00:00** Emergency Clause Failed of Adoption
- **2021-04-06T20:06:12+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-06T22:41:45+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1, and the Emergency Clause having failed adoption.
- **2021-04-07T18:12:00+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which the Emergency Clause passed on March 8, 2021. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-07T18:12:02+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T19:39:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:23:19+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T18:24:08+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-14T18:24:16+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-14T18:24:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:24:48+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-15T15:40:42+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-15T15:40:48+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20T15:06:20+00:00** Notification that SB291 is now Act 744 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20cac5d0-99dd-4bdd-8628-aed89c735b07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).