---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROHIBIT THE PROPAGATION OF DIVISIVE CONCEPTS; AND TO REVIEW STATE ENTITY TRAINING MATERIALS."
description: "TO PROHIBIT THE PROPAGATION OF DIVISIVE CONCEPTS; AND TO REVIEW STATE ENTITY TRAINING MATERIALS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 627"
citation: "Arkansas SB 627 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Garner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-01T20:21:51+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-03T21:51:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac3dfa3b-bad8-4c41-a235-366d5e618e9a"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "2283578710bc81a1abcd8a8fc875cb3c9c8d87f9b9d2b5aba37d667ee9d90a1e"
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 627 (2021) — TO PROHIBIT THE PROPAGATION OF DIVISIVE CONCEPTS; AND TO REVIEW STATE ENTITY TRAINING MATERIALS.

## 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%2FSB627-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 627** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB627.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **20–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **72–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Garner — primary (person)
- B. Ballinger — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-01T20:21:51+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-04-01T21:06:44+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS-SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T22:50:37+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21T19:13:20+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-04-21T19:13:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-04-21T19:13:46+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-04-21T20:16:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-04-22T19:18:55+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22T19:19:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-04-22T21:11:42+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-04-23T01:41:10+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26T16:56:42+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27T19:50:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T19:50:28+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:16:05+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-04-27T22:16:08+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-27T22:16:10+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-27T22:16:13+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03T21:51:38+00:00** Notification that SB627 is now Act 1100 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac3dfa3b-bad8-4c41-a235-366d5e618e9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).