---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS REGARDING APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND RELATED DUTIES; TO AMEND AND ESTABLISH APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEES; AND TO AMEND THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRAFT TRAINING TRUST FUND."
description: "TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS REGARDING APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND RELATED DUTIES; TO AMEND AND ESTABLISH APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEES; AND TO AMEND THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRAFT TRAINING TRUST FUND."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Arkansas SB 491 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-08T19:07:35+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:40:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee192c31-4545-4461-8d43-698f446e1d97"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4bad642120b8787c54214b4f1a246dca1366354898ee2e0bc63d7859fd532e98"
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 491 (2021) — TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS REGARDING APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAMS AND RELATED DUTIES; TO AMEND AND ESTABLISH APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEES; AND TO AMEND THE USE OF THE ARKANSAS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRAFT TRAINING TRUST FUND.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 491** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB491.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **87–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-08T19:07:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-09T00:31:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:13:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T18:54:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T18:54:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:59:35+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:11:02+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`
- **2021-04-01T17:10:19+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:22:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:22:44+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:27:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:27:19+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:44:46+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:44:54+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:40:53+00:00** Notification that SB491 is now Act 647 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee192c31-4545-4461-8d43-698f446e1d97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).