---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 569"
citation: "Arkansas SB 569 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hester", "S. Berry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18T17:44:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:25:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b452f7f-d890-4c6f-9ba4-4a0b54613c64"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4720c07bffaf32fd3aeacef8827222827216a2db3cf47f100001541c25b046bb"
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 569 (2021) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB569-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB569-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 569** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB569.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hester — primary (person)
- S. Berry — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T17:44:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T18:32:48+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T13:28:18+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-04-06T13:28:24+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-06T18:13:46+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-06T18:14:07+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T18:15:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T19:01:19+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:01:43+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-19T22:14:51+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-19T23:09:59+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`
- **2021-04-22T17:48:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-26T13:38:23+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T13:38:26+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26T14:45:14+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-26T19:29:38+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:29:46+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-26T22:16:01+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended, Amendment #1.
- **2021-04-26T22:16:14+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T22:16:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27T15:47:07+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-27T15:47:20+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-27T15:47:25+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-27T15:47:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T15:47:38+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T18:52:03+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T18:52:09+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:25:24+00:00** Notification that SB569 is now Act 1050 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b452f7f-d890-4c6f-9ba4-4a0b54613c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).