---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COACHES PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COACHES PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Arkansas SB 61 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Fite", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06T18:55:17+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-13T15:44:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4778353c-414e-4cca-aadc-7c8d3d10e957"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4b30203f82d0f49ba940e2cd7df3ca7910bd5462df04504411e39bd15c62b140"
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 61 (2021) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE COLLEGE AND CAREER COACHES PROGRAM.

## 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%2FSB61-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB61-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 61** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB61.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- C. Fite — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T18:55:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:05:50+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T14:31:05+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2021-02-24T14:31:14+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-02-24T19:16:01+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-24T19:16:33+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:25:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:31:56+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T19:32:15+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-04T22:11:45+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-04T22:51:59+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`
- **2021-03-15T18:07:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-15T18:07:46+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-15T18:37:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-16T18:19:27+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:37:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:38:14+00:00** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2021-03-18T22:11:28+00:00** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
- **2021-04-07T18:24:08+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-07T18:24:27+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2021-04-07T18:24:52+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-07T18:25:22+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T18:25:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T15:54:07+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-08T15:54:10+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13T15:44:26+00:00** Notification that SB61 is now Act 633 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4778353c-414e-4cca-aadc-7c8d3d10e957`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).