republic-os/legislation/us/states/ar/2025/sb-59.md

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type: "Bill"
title: "TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Arkansas SB 59 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gramlich", "J. Dismang"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14T21:36:58+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-24T19:35:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ffc814-f5c5-4fe3-99dc-db0c0938ae7a"
source_url: "https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument/?path=%2fSessionInformation%2LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "c57667277f45412d6b03d6d055b0ca0485f83ae0aa273998cfc0478184061709"
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 59 (2025) — TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=123.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB59-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB59-S1.pdf)
4. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB59-S2.pdf)
5. **SB 59** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2025/2025R/Bills/SB59.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Gramlich — primary (person)
- J. Dismang — primary (person)
- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Achor — cosponsor (person)
- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- B. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Barnes — cosponsor (person)
- Barnett — cosponsor (person)
- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
- Breaux — cosponsor (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- Cavenaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Childress — cosponsor (person)
- Clowney — cosponsor (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Crowell — cosponsor (person)
- D. Garner — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- D. Whitaker — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Eaton — cosponsor (person)
- Eaves — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Evans — cosponsor (person)
- F. Allen — cosponsor (person)
- F. Love — cosponsor (person)
- Furman — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- G. Stubblefield — cosponsor (person)
- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
- Gilmore — cosponsor (person)
- Gonzales Worthen — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Henley — cosponsor (person)
- Hester — cosponsor (person)
- Holcomb — cosponsor (person)
- Hollowell — cosponsor (person)
- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dotson — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- J. Payton — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- J. Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Jean — cosponsor (person)
- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Ferguson — cosponsor (person)
- K. Hammer — cosponsor (person)
- K. Moore — cosponsor (person)
- M. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- M. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- M. McElroy — cosponsor (person)
- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
- Magie — cosponsor (person)
- McClure — cosponsor (person)
- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
- McGruder — cosponsor (person)
- McNair — cosponsor (person)
- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Puryear — cosponsor (person)
- R. Murdock — cosponsor (person)
- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
- Rice — cosponsor (person)
- Rye — cosponsor (person)
- S. Berry — cosponsor (person)
- S. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
- Schulz — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)
- T. Shephard — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
- Walker — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)
- Wooten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14T21:36:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2025-01-15T16:03:31+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T17:34:45+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-01-30T17:34:49+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2025-01-30T17:35:02+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-01-30T19:15:05+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-01-30T19:15:22+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T19:53:39+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-04T19:54:31+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2025-02-04T19:55:12+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2025-02-04T21:25:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-04T21:25:54+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T19:39:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06T16:18:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T16:18:57+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-06T16:19:11+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2025-02-06T18:57:50+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2025-02-06T23:30:28+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`
- **2025-02-11T18:10:01+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T14:37:05+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-12T14:37:10+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-12T16:24:53+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2025-02-13T20:30:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T20:31:06+00:00** Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2025-02-13T21:51:25+00:00** Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 .
- **2025-02-17T19:46:14+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2025-02-17T19:46:30+00:00** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
- **2025-02-17T19:46:48+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2025-02-17T19:46:54+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-17T19:47:23+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2025-02-17T19:47:45+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2025-02-17T21:28:18+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2025-02-17T21:28:24+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-24T19:35:26+00:00** Notification that SB59 is now Act 123 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5ffc814-f5c5-4fe3-99dc-db0c0938ae7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).