Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1197: TO PROHIBIT SCHEDULING, HOSTING, OR REQUIRING AN OUTDOOR PRACTICE, SCRIMMAGE, GAME, OR ACTIVITY FOR AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY DURING THE HOURS WHEN AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN DECLARED
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to prohibit scheduling, hosting, or requiring an outdoor practice, scrimmage, game, or activity for an extracurricular activity during the hours when an excessive heat warning has been declared; and for other purposes. subtitle to prohibit scheduling, hosting, or requiring an outdoor practice, scrimmage, game, or activity for an extracurricular activity during the hours when an excessive heat warning has been declared.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SCHEDULING, HOSTING, OR REQUIRING AN OUTDOOR PRACTICE, SCRIMMAGE, GAME, OR ACTIVITY FOR AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY DURING THE HOURS WHEN AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN DECLARED; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO PROHIBIT SCHEDULING, HOSTING, OR REQUIRING AN OUTDOOR PRACTICE, SCRIMMAGE, GAME, OR ACTIVITY FOR AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY DURING THE HOURS WHEN AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN DECLARED. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 18, Subchapter 7, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 6-18-724. Extracurricular activity -- Limitations on participation. (a) As used in this section, "extracurricular activity" means an intraschool or interschool activity that is not included in a regular curriculum, including without limitation an athletic activity, a fine arts program, a special interest club, or any other group that is subject to the rules of the Arkansas Activities Association. (b) A public school shall not schedule, host, or otherwise require or incentivize a practice, scrimmage, game, or activity for an extracurricular activity outdoors during the hours for which the National Weather Service *TNL094* 01/22/2025 1:19:20 PM TNL094 HB1197 issues an excessive heat warning. (c) This section does not apply if the practice, scrimmage, game, or activity for an extracurricular activity …