---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE 2015 SCHOOL SAFETY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE 2015 SCHOOL SAFETY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 394"
citation: "Arkansas SB 394 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-24T19:37:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:41:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a89a9032-8273-43ef-8d28-0d0855dfcbc7"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "3de4d2870bff59a14754bbd457a60632eed5eeffcaf7cd565415be6a662a6b6f"
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 394 (2021) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE 2015 SCHOOL SAFETY ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS CENTER FOR SCHOOL SAFETY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 394** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB394.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-24T19:37:04+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T21:51:11+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T21:56:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16T18:50:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T18:50:57+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:39:38+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:54:43+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`
- **2021-04-01T17:10:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:23:58+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:24:03+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:20:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:21:06+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:43:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:43:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:41:21+00:00** Notification that SB394 is now Act 648 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a89a9032-8273-43ef-8d28-0d0855dfcbc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).