---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT; AND TO CREATE A LEGAL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT."
description: "TO CREATE THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT; AND TO CREATE A LEGAL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Arkansas SB 450 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin", "Vaught"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-02T19:34:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T18:06:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb8f6461-d138-4c19-9177-eb52e9f1ebc5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c76ab3ce67c5ccffab25b45de4dce2ebd3f7dee215cd5e03b73554adddfd7660"
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 450 (2021) — TO CREATE THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT; AND TO CREATE A LEGAL CAUSE OF ACTION FOR A VIOLATION OF THE GENDER INTEGRITY REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION FOR SPORTS (GIRLS) ACT.

## 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%2FSB450-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 450** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB450.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **74–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- A. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Payton — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- T. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Womack — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-02T19:34:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-02T20:15:23+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:05:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:33:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-01T18:33:18+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-01T21:03:40+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-05T18:52:12+00:00** Motion for Immediate Consideration. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-05T18:52:27+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T18:52:58+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:54:09+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:20:58+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`
- **2021-04-20T17:02:47+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T19:39:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:39:13+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:51:24+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:51:33+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T17:06:47+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T17:06:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T18:06:01+00:00** Notification that SB450 is now Act 953 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb8f6461-d138-4c19-9177-eb52e9f1ebc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).