---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY BOOT CAMP."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY BOOT CAMP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "Arkansas SB 531 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott", "Warren"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11T21:59:41+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-07T15:58:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0250d047-e169-457a-963b-a1ab7ae39280"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "00dd0bfee54cf97d8fbfd9ce52d6a5f4e5fed1607bfa881e60a4b3647cee0f12"
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 531 (2021) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY BOOT CAMP.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 531** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB531.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **69–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliott — primary (person)
- Warren — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Sample — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- Fielding — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Godfrey — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hawks — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Love — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- M. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. Pitsch — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Nicks — cosponsor (person)
- Penzo — cosponsor (person)
- Rapert — cosponsor (person)
- Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11T21:59:41+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-15T18:45:07+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to TRANSPORTATION, TECHNOLOGY & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T18:28:00+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T18:38:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22T18:38:50+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-22T21:05:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-22T22:16:14+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGING, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, LEGISLATIVE & MILITARY AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T21:54:28+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01T19:48:47+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T19:48:56+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-01T21:21:39+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-01T21:21:41+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-05T15:32:44+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-05T15:32:51+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07T15:58:12+00:00** Notification that SB531 is now Act 577 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0250d047-e169-457a-963b-a1ab7ae39280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).