TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Jan 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2021
Last action Oct 15, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2021
How they voted
34–1
Passed
Total votes 35
Jan 28, 2021
D
Democratic7
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Jan 28, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
upper
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Filed
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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