All Roll Calls
Yes: 116 • No: 4
ArkansasSB3322025 Regular SessionSenate
AN ACT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR.
Sponsored By: Mary Bentley (Republican), Jim Dotson (Republican)
Enacted
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Bill Overview
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Arkansas funds sexual risk avoidance education program
The law authorizes $4 million for the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Sexual Risk Avoidance Education Program. The funding covers July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. Money comes from the division’s Public School Fund Account for staff, operating costs, grants, and aid. Spending cannot exceed the appropriation or legally available funds and must follow state purchasing, budgeting, revenue, salary, and finance rules. The law states that spending must match the purposes shown in budget requests, recommendations, testimony, and records. It does not specify individual eligibility or a direct household payment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Mary Bentley
Republican • House
Jim Dotson
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Robin Lundstrum
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/7/2025
House Vote - Monday, April 7, 2025 2:33:51 PM
Yes: 83 • No: 4 • Other: 2
Senate vote • 4/3/2025
Senate Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 2:38:10 PM
Yes: 33 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Notification that SB332 is now Act 536
4/10/2025SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
4/8/2025SenateReported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
4/8/2025SenateORDERED ENROLLED
4/7/2025SenateReturned from the House as passed.
4/7/2025SenateReturned to the Senate as passed.
4/7/2025HouseEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/7/2025HouseRead the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
4/7/2025HouseRead the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR.
4/3/2025HouseRECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
4/3/2025HouseOrdered Immediately transmitted to the House.
4/3/2025SenateEMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
4/3/2025SenateRead the third time and passed.
4/3/2025SenateReturned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
4/2/2025SenateRe-referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
4/1/2025SenateREPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
4/1/2025SenateAmendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
4/1/2025SenateWithdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1
4/1/2025SenateRead first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE
2/27/2025SenateFiled
2/27/2025Senate
Bill Text
SB332 - Introduced
2/27/2025
Act Version
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