TO INCLUDE CERTAIN ARKANSAS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS IN THE TEACHING MATERIALS REGARDING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Dec 17, 2020
Signed Mar 4, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2021 · House Feb 9, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 1, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 4, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that HB1029 is now Act 259
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned From the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed.
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 4
lower
Dec 17, 2020
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Fred Allen
DDemocratic
P
Linda Chesterfield
DDemocratic
Co
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
Co
David Fielding
DDemocratic
Co
David Whitaker
DDemocratic
Co
Joy Springer
DDemocratic
Co
Kenneth B. Ferguson
DDemocratic
Co
Michelle Gray
RRepublican
Co
Milton Nicks
DDemocratic
Co
Monte Hodges
DDemocratic
Co
Tippi McCullough
DDemocratic
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