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type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE EARTHQUAKE SAFETY DRILLS IN CERTAIN AREAS; AND TO TRANSFER THE REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT TORNADO SAFETY DRILLS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION."
description: "TO REQUIRE EARTHQUAKE SAFETY DRILLS IN CERTAIN AREAS; AND TO TRANSFER THE REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT TORNADO SAFETY DRILLS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 249"
citation: "Arkansas SB 249 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irvin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01T19:14:19+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T18:11:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01face5f-add5-485f-8a9a-4cef3fb01dd6"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "53e62313284564a7be932057b47f27a7995eed07b900fbfe15803be0f3c6b788"
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 249 (2021) — TO REQUIRE EARTHQUAKE SAFETY DRILLS IN CERTAIN AREAS; AND TO TRANSFER THE REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT TORNADO SAFETY DRILLS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB 249** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/SB249.pdf)
## Votes
- Read the third time and passed. — **320** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **950** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Irvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-01T19:14:19+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-01T20:51:29+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T22:27:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04T19:35:48+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-04T19:36:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2021-03-04T22:12:21+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2021-03-04T22:53:07+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`
- **2021-03-16T18:20:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18T19:41:10+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18T19:41:16+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:02:48+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2021-03-18T22:02:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2021-03-22T17:53:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2021-03-22T17:53:14+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T18:11:25+00:00** Notification that SB249 is now Act 422 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01face5f-add5-485f-8a9a-4cef3fb01dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).