---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION."
description: "TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 599"
citation: "Arkansas SB 599 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-23T20:16:44+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-30T19:51:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06429909-51a5-4233-ba6a-3bda946d8256"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "9363c47c66601bde781ecf744dad2bc7d23641aa61cda398bbcc9a0ef23d28cd"
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 599 (2021) — TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION COMMISSION.

## 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%2FSB599-H1.pdf)
2. **SB 599** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB599.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23T20:16:44+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T18:51:49+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:12:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T19:53:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T19:54:12+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-05T21:55:43+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-05T22:24:44+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`
- **2021-04-13T18:04:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-14T13:32:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-14T13:32:49+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-14T16:51:51+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-20T19:07:34+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20T19:07:44+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-04-20T23:14:52+00:00** Returned from the House as passed, as amended #1.
- **2021-04-20T23:15:23+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T02:38:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T19:02:26+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-26T19:02:44+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-26T19:02:55+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-26T19:03:12+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T19:03:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T13:34:40+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T13:34:44+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30T19:51:36+00:00** Notification that SB599 is now Act 1025 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06429909-51a5-4233-ba6a-3bda946d8256`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).