---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER AND MINORITY ADMINISTRATOR RECRUITMENT PLANS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE EQUITY ASSISTANCE CENTER."
description: "TO AMEND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER AND MINORITY ADMINISTRATOR RECRUITMENT PLANS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE EQUITY ASSISTANCE CENTER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 524"
citation: "Arkansas SB 524 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch", "Vaught"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-10T21:13:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:40:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c349a8-7ecf-4a8a-8c43-325a42a8a14a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "7cc721ec14783424d40748859dbc48a8251847db65d8a60e3157283d73038db9"
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 524 (2021) — TO AMEND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING MINORITY TEACHER AND MINORITY ADMINISTRATOR RECRUITMENT PLANS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE EQUITY ASSISTANCE CENTER.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 524** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB524.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10T21:13:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-10T22:08:41+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T23:15:59+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29T19:10:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29T19:10:56+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-29T22:59:56+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-29T23:11:32+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`
- **2021-04-01T17:13:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06T19:32:26+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06T19:32:31+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:29:12+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-06T22:29:18+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-07T15:46:19+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-07T15:46:27+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:40:32+00:00** Notification that SB524 is now Act 646 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5c349a8-7ecf-4a8a-8c43-325a42a8a14a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).