---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TUTORING CORPS ACT; TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE TUTORING PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO LEARNING LOSS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TUTORING CORPS ACT; TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE TUTORING PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO LEARNING LOSS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 564"
citation: "Arkansas SB 564 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elliott", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-17T21:34:06+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-26T19:15:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a19d9093-ac03-4deb-b4d2-1f491180409e"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c26ec40b9aef83e6beb521cbdf755ca0e89b158bbcae6c95571a02f87abe0aa9"
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 564 (2021) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TUTORING CORPS ACT; TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SUSTAINABLE TUTORING PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO LEARNING LOSS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## 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%2FSB564-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB564-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 564** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB564.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elliott — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Beckham — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Godfrey — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- J. Sturch — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- L. Eads — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Teague — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-17T21:34:06+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-17T22:34:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29T13:11:32+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-03-29T13:11:41+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-29T18:13:31+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-29T18:13:41+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13T18:27:45+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:27:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T18:27:10+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-14T20:42:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-15T19:29:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15T19:30:08+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-15T19:30:20+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-15T22:21:37+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-15T22:45:52+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`
- **2021-04-20T17:02:57+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21T19:41:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21T19:41:21+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2021-04-21T19:41:26+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:53:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-22T01:53:26+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-22T17:09:24+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-22T17:09:39+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26T19:15:25+00:00** Notification that SB564 is now Act 912 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a19d9093-ac03-4deb-b4d2-1f491180409e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).