TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM; TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES AND FUNDING REQUIREMENTS TO CREATE OR AMEND SCHOLARSHIPS FUNDED WITH NET REVENUE AVAILABLE; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Mar 22, 2021
Signed Apr 13, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2021 · House Apr 7, 2021
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 31, 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
21
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Apr 13, 2021
Signed into law
Notification that SB584 is now Act 636
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned from the House as passed.
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned To the Senate as passed.
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee Do Pass
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Mar 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Mar 22, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bruce Cozart
RRepublican
P
Jimmy Hickey, Jr
RRepublican
Co
Jane English
RRepublican
Co
Lance Eads
RRepublican
Co
Missy Irvin
RRepublican
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