---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SAVE THE CHILDREN APPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SAVE THE CHILDREN APPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 409"
citation: "Arkansas SB 409 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01T16:26:08+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T17:32:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea19b8eb-ca26-43f7-a1db-f18b8a8f0cda"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1940430605ba6b3d5246b92a7090081d2f972c1a0debbc6abcc8628e255ae169"
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 409 (2021) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SAVE THE CHILDREN APPROPRIATION.

## 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%2FSB409-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 409** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB409.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01T16:26:08+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-01T19:24:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T13:04:51+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-17T13:05:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-17T18:08:11+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-17T18:08:21+00:00** Re-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:29:49+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T20:08:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T20:08:50+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-22T20:08:51+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-22T21:04:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-22T22:14:56+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T20:39:02+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T20:39:06+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-03-23T20:39:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-29T18:38:59+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-29T18:39:11+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-30T15:09:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-30T15:09:06+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T17:32:41+00:00** Notification that SB409 is now Act 542 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea19b8eb-ca26-43f7-a1db-f18b8a8f0cda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).