Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SCR4: TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR JOYCE ELLIOTT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR HER SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Status: Chaptered, March 18, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
State of Arkansas 95th General Assembly Regular Session, 2025 SCR By: Senators J. Scott, F. Love, R. Murdock, C. Tucker, G. Leding By: Representatives J. Richardson, F. Allen, K. Ferguson, T. Shephard, Ennett, McGruder, Barnett, Barnes, Steele, Springer, McCullough, A. Collins, D. Garner, Gonzales Worthen SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR JOYCE ELLIOTT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR HER SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Subtitle TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR JOYCE ELLIOTT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR HER SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. WHEREAS, Joyce Elliott was born on March 20, 1951, in rural Willisville as one of six (6) children raised by their mother and grandparents; and WHEREAS, Joyce Elliott attended all-Black Oak Grove Rosenwald School where she was a top student, and then she took advantage of the opportunity to attend the recently desegregated Willisville High School, beginning attendance there in 1966 when she was in grade ten (10); and WHEREAS, Black students were given the option at the end of the 1966-67 school year to return to segregated schools, but Joyce Elliott refused and became the second Black person to graduate from Willisville High School following her older sister, who was the first; and WHEREAS, Joyce Elliott then enrolled at what is now Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and graduated in …
Sponsors
- Jamie Scott (D, 12) · primary sponsor
- Jay Richardson (D, 49)
- Frederick Love (D, 15)
- Reginald Murdock (D, 9)
- Clarke Tucker (D, 14)
- Greg Leding (D, 30)
- Fred Allen (D, 77)
- Ken Ferguson (D, 64)
- Tara Shephard (D, 79)
- Denise Ennett (D, 80)
- Jessie McGruder (D, 35)
- Lincoln Barnett (D, 63)
Latest actions
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR.
- : Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- : ORDERED ENROLLED
- : Returned from the House as concurred in.
- : Returned to Senate concurred in.
- : Read the third time, concurred in, ordered transmitted to the Senate
- : Returned by the Committee Do Pass
- : Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on HOUSE MANAGEMENT
- : RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
Common questions
- What is SCR4?
- SCR4 is a bill in the Arkansas Legislature (95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)): TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR JOYCE ELLIOTT DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH FOR HER SERVICE TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.
- What is the status of SCR4?
- Chaptered as of March 18, 2025. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (March 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SCR4?
- Jamie Scott (D, 12), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SCR4?
- On the Arkansas Legislature website: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R&measureno=SCR4
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