---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION REAPPROPRIATION."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION REAPPROPRIATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022F"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Arkansas SB 71 (2022F)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joint Budget Committee"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-09T16:56:40+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-28T17:26:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad4afce8-5fe0-4a42-b7fa-893060dd30ee"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1f1e6288bdb10b81faf9f6c1d6f2f8e998b53b5fd85e55e8081143ebf7a941a6"
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 (2022F) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION REAPPROPRIATION.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Act 75** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022F%2FPublic%2F&file=75.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022F)
2. **SB 71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2021/2022F/Bills/SB71.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Joint Budget Committee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09T16:56:40+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-02-14T18:42:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T19:25:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17T17:59:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T17:59:32+00:00** Ordered Immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2022-02-17T19:39:36+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2022-02-18T14:09:35+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T19:37:09+00:00** RULES SUSPENDED
- **2022-02-22T19:37:10+00:00** Considered in the Committee of the Whole, and recommended do pass.
- **2022-02-22T19:37:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T19:37:13+00:00** Returned To Senate as Passed.
- **2022-02-22T21:10:43+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2022-02-22T21:10:49+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-02-23T16:22:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2022-02-23T16:22:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-28T17:26:42+00:00** Notification that SB71 is now Act 75 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad4afce8-5fe0-4a42-b7fa-893060dd30ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).