---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ADOPT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING GOVERNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS; AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS COMPLETE SPECIALIZED TRAINING."
description: "TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ADOPT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING GOVERNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS; AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS COMPLETE SPECIALIZED TRAINING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "Arkansas SB 407 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Scott"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T15:57:30+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T21:04:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9497ffd2-722f-4267-9080-d9f2eded832e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "89c2e3b0ecd36d7abbe805a57326174811c9d5401b80e0b366e364a267f7eedc"
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 407 (2021) — TO REQUIRE A SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO ADOPT A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING GOVERNING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS; AND TO REQUIRE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS COMPLETE SPECIALIZED TRAINING.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 407** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB407.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Scott — primary (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T15:57:30+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T19:23:20+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15T21:56:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16T19:09:40+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T19:09:53+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-16T20:39:58+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-16T21:55:12+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`
- **2021-03-30T18:09:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T19:06:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:07:00+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:39:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:39:15+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:58:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:58:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T21:04:00+00:00** Notification that SB407 is now Act 551 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9497ffd2-722f-4267-9080-d9f2eded832e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).