---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS APPROPRIATION AND SCHOOL SAFETY SET-ASIDE OR CONTINGENCY VOTE 3/5 SET-ASIDE FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
description: "AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS APPROPRIATION AND SCHOOL SAFETY SET-ASIDE OR CONTINGENCY VOTE 3/5 SET-ASIDE FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2022S3"
identifier: "SB 2"
citation: "Arkansas SB 2 (2022S3)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-08-08T21:00:17+00:00"
last_action: "2022-08-11T21:00:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3388a32-6669-4782-86a9-926cee66d6d2"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "362ac8ba91f77b3785f29c798a338d15298c86232c523a035525e0b64f63eb10"
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 2 (2022S3) — AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS APPROPRIATION AND SCHOOL SAFETY SET-ASIDE OR CONTINGENCY VOTE 3/5 SET-ASIDE FOR THE 2022-2023 FISCAL YEAR.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2022S3%2FPublic%2F&file=3.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2022S3)
2. **SB 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2022S3%2FPublic%2FSB2.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bledsoe — cosponsor (person)
- Bragg — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Brown — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Christiansen — cosponsor (person)
- Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- D. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- Dalby — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Eubanks — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- Hickey — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Hendren — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Jett — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- L. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- L. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- Lynch — cosponsor (person)
- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- M. Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Ray — cosponsor (person)
- Richmond — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Shepherd — cosponsor (person)
- Slape — cosponsor (person)
- Speaks — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Wardlaw — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Wing — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-08-08T21:00:17+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2022-08-09T16:21:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-09T19:56:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-10T14:58:11+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-08-10T14:58:15+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2022-08-10T14:58:28+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2022-08-10T15:12:22+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2022-08-10T15:12:36+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11T14:16:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11T14:16:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2022-08-11T14:16:29+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2022-08-11T14:41:08+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2022-08-11T14:41:12+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2022-08-11T14:41:15+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2022-08-11T14:41:19+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-11T21:00:44+00:00** Notification that SB2 is now Act 3 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3388a32-6669-4782-86a9-926cee66d6d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).