TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING SCHOOL DISTRICT WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTERS, ENROLLMENT, AUTHORIZATION, AND FACILITY FUNDING.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Feb 1, 2021
Signed Apr 21, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2021 · House Apr 15, 2021
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Apr 5, 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
Apr 21, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB251 is now Act 774
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 13, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Apr 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Committee
Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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