---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AUTHORIZE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FOR BARBER SCHOOLS AND COSMETOLOGICAL SCHOOLS."
description: "TO AUTHORIZE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FOR BARBER SCHOOLS AND COSMETOLOGICAL SCHOOLS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 580"
citation: "Arkansas SB 580 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Chesterfield"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-18T20:55:56+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-19T17:48:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036bd3ef-3cd9-4652-adc3-556114fbfe2a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "758c14cadc479d4c311299c475577bf3e0df85261ea580ff4eb3e515f83c97a4"
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 580 (2021) — TO AUTHORIZE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FOR BARBER SCHOOLS AND COSMETOLOGICAL SCHOOLS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 580** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB580.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- L. Chesterfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18T20:55:56+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-18T22:26:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:15:06+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T19:37:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:37:44+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:55:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:23:50+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T19:29:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12T20:30:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T20:30:17+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:51:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-13T18:51:22+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-13T21:02:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-13T21:02:15+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19T17:48:55+00:00** Notification that SB580 is now Act 724 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/036bd3ef-3cd9-4652-adc3-556114fbfe2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).