---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE COMPONENTS OF A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENT."
description: "TO AMEND THE COMPONENTS OF A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 31"
citation: "Arkansas SB 31 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-12-31T19:50:53+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-11T16:17:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849d52d6-2020-4b44-ab2c-d9c3dc364cdd"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "643222925f5d7406d1899848f4823b72c38c5d3f7b5fc4c7f4640f04a0e00223"
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 31 (2021) — TO AMEND THE COMPONENTS OF A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ASSESSMENT.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 31** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB31.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **90–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-31T19:50:53+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T21:35:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T23:03:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-25T19:20:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25T19:20:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-25T23:10:14+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-25T23:26:27+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`
- **2021-03-04T18:09:38+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T20:43:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T20:43:07+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-08T23:08:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-08T23:08:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-09T18:45:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-09T18:45:08+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11T16:17:35+00:00** Notification that SB31 is now Act 319 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/849d52d6-2020-4b44-ab2c-d9c3dc364cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).