# Arkansas SB59: TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

Arkansas SB59, TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Zack Gramlich (Republican), Jonathan Dismang (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-24 (Notification that SB59 is now Act 123); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas SB59
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO PROVIDE EACH STUDENT WITH ONE BREAKFAST AT NO COST EACH SCHOOL DAY UPON REQUEST WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE STUDENT'S ELIGIBILITY FOR A FEDERALLY FUNDED FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-14
- Last action: 2025-02-24, Notification that SB59 is now Act 123
- Sponsors: Zack Gramlich (Republican), Jonathan Dismang (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 85
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (138 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Free breakfasts for Arkansas public schoolchildren: benefit, low. Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, Arkansas expands free breakfast access without regard to federal free or reduced-price meal eligibility. Public school students outside the existing qualifying group under Arkansas Code § 6-18-722 receive one free breakfast each school day upon request. The…
- Dedicated funding for children's food help: benefit, low. The law creates the Food Insecurity Fund to support school meals and summer grocery benefits for children. It receives monthly transfers tied to certified medical-marijuana sales and special privilege tax receipts, plus authorized general revenues, gifts, grants, and other authorized money. On June…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jonathan Dismang (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Andrew Collins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wade Andrews (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Breanne Davis (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Blake Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sonia Eubanks Barker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Glenn Barnes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lincoln Barnett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Bentley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Harlan Breaux (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith Brooks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clarke Tucker (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Frances Cavenaugh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Childress (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nicole Clowney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce Cozart (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Crowell (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Denise Garner (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Wallace (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: David Whitaker (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tyler Dees (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: James Eaton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Les D. Eaves (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Denise Jones Ennett (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brian S. Evans (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Fred Allen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Fredrick J. Love (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tony Furman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Greg Leding (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Stubblefield (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ben Gilmore (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Diana Gonzales Worthen (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brad Hall (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dolly Henley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bart Hester (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mike Holcomb (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Hollowell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ashley Hudson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Missy Irvin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Justin Boyd (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jim Dotson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jane English (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: John Payton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jim Petty (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jay Richardson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Scott (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lane Jean (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joey L. Carr (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Karilyn Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth B. Ferguson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kim Hammer (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kendra Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark D. McElroy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Maddox (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stephen Magie (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rick McClure (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tippi McCullough (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jessie McGruder (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ron McNair (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jon Milligan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stetson Painter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Perry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron Pilkington (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Puryear (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Reginald Murdock (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Terry Rice (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Johnny Rye (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stan Berry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stephanie Flowers (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bart Schulz (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joy Springer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tracy Steele (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Stone (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tara Shephard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: DeAnn Vaught (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Walker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Les Warren (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jim Wooten (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, February 17, 2025 1:46:54 PM | pass | 24 | 1 | 9 |
| 2025-02-13 | House | House Vote - Thursday, February 13, 2025 2:30:53 PM | pass | 88 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025-02-06 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, February 6, 2025 10:18:52 AM | pass | 26 | 2 | 5 |

## Actions (34)

- 2025-02-24: Notification that SB59 is now Act 123 (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: ORDERED ENROLLED (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Rules suspended. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in. (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment. (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Returned from the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Returned to Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-02-12: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-02-12: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-02-12: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-02-11: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 (House)
- 2025-02-06: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-02-06: RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE (House)
- 2025-02-06: Ordered immediately transmitted to the House. (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 2 (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Rules suspended. (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Rules suspended. (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-14: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB59 - Introduced, 2025-01-14: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB59.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=123.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [SB59 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FSB59.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=123.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-SB59-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).