---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATORS."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Arkansas SB 71 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-08T21:18:15+00:00"
last_action: "2021-02-22T15:17:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11782c3c-c2d5-4ba9-9fd0-b2b30b34d409"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "5b5c18db98b662d6ac8284dcdcb1db8aa669f077f4832672a7d260c205f64d9c"
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 71 (2021) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS APPLICABLE TO EDUCATORS.

## 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%2FSB71-S1.pdf)
2. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FSB71-S2.pdf)
3. **SB 71** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB71.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08T21:18:15+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-11T22:13:39+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27T22:02:41+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 and #2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28T20:06:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2021-01-28T20:06:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 and #2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2021-01-28T22:36:36+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-01T20:13:23+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01T20:13:49+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-02-01T21:31:18+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-02-01T21:56:09+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`
- **2021-02-04T17:49:43+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08T19:51:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-08T19:51:38+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-02-08T21:17:16+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-02-08T21:17:37+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-02-09T15:38:01+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-02-09T15:38:07+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-22T15:17:43+00:00** Notification that SB71 is now Act 96 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11782c3c-c2d5-4ba9-9fd0-b2b30b34d409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).