---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION."
description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Arkansas SB 64 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06T18:59:35+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-05T21:01:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853a5ca5-2a98-4ef4-91bb-e7ada4acbd25"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "363b8ed3edfa5dff072461c66cf049d5b6053977537f66adf0367b2f317e02fd"
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 64 (2021) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC EDUCATION.

## 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%2FSB64-S1.pdf)
2. **SB 64** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB64.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06T18:59:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:08:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T23:48:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01T19:37:30+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02T00:15:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03T19:28:33+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-03T19:28:42+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-03-03T20:25:08+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T19:33:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T19:34:13+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-04T22:12:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-04T22:52:32+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`
- **2021-03-30T18:10:34+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31T19:07:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:07:51+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:36:17+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-31T21:36:20+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-04-01T15:54:54+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-04-01T15:55:00+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-05T21:01:00+00:00** Notification that SB64 is now Act 544 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/853a5ca5-2a98-4ef4-91bb-e7ada4acbd25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).