TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 19, 2021
Signed Mar 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2021 · House Mar 18, 2021
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 2, 2021
D
Democratic7
85% 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
19
Key actions
7
Committee
3
Mar 29, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB147 is now Act 490
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Mar 18, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Feb 8, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Jan 19, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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