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An act TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OR PREFERENTIAL 10 TREATMENT BY THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND OTHER PUBLIC 11 ENTITIES, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas           As Engrossed: S1/21/25 H2/3/25
2 95th General Assembly
                                      A Bill

3 Regular Session, 2025                                             SENATE BILL 3

4

5 By: Senator D. Sullivan

6 By: Representative Bentley

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8                             For An Act To Be Entitled

9            AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OR PREFERENTIAL

10           TREATMENT BY THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND OTHER PUBLIC

11           ENTITIES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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14                                 Subtitle

15                       TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION OR

16                       PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT BY THE STATE OF

17                       ARKANSAS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES.

18

19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

20

21  SECTION 1. DO NOT CODIFY. Legislative intent.

22  (a) The General Assembly intends for this act to prohibit

23 discrimination by public entities on the basis of race, sex, color,

24 ethnicity, or national origin.

25  (b) The General Assembly does not intend for this act to affect any

26 preferences provided to veterans under the law based on their status as a

27 veteran.

28

29  SECTION 2. Arkansas Code � 3-4-223 is amended to read as follows:

30  3-4-223. Diversity in ownership and financial interest.

31  When issuing a permit under Title 3 of the Arkansas Code, the Alcoholic

32 Beverage Control Division shall consider lack of diversity in ownership and

33 financial interest in the geographic area at issue in the permit application

34 the benefit of competition to consumers.

35

36  SECTION 3. Arkansas Code � 6-10-111 is amended to read as follows:

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1   6-10-111. Equity Equality Assistance Center.

2   (a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education is authorized

3 to establish a special section within its organization, to be known as the

4 Equity Equality Assistance Center, designed to provide assistance to the

5 school districts of the state in such activities as affirmative action,

6 program accessibility, human relations, awareness, and desegregation and

7 nondiscrimination.

8   (b) This assistance shall include on-site visits, workshops, program

9 review, and any other special activity which might enable the school

10 districts of the state to more effectively meet their civil rights

11 desegregation and nondiscrimination responsibilities.

12  (c)(1) The center created by this section shall be the liaison for the

13 division with the United States Office for Civil Rights.

14  (2) The center shall maintain manuals, guidelines, procedures,

15 and other informational materials setting requirements in the area of civil

16 rights desegregation and nondiscrimination and describing how determination

17 of compliance is made.

18  (d) Annually, each local school district in the state shall provide

19 the center assurances of compliance with civil rights desegregation and

20 nondiscrimination responsibilities in the form and at the time as is

21 designated by the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.

22  (e) The division may withhold state aid from any school district that

23 fails to file its assurance of compliance with civil rights desegregation and

24 nondiscrimination responsibilities by October 15 each year or fails to file

25 any other information with a published deadline requested from school

26 districts by the center so long as thirty (30) calendar days are given

27 between the request for the information and the published deadline, except

28 that thirty (30) days notice shall not be required when the request comes

29 from a member or committee of the General Assembly.

30  (f) The division is authorized to develop forms and promulgate

31 appropriate rules and procedures as may be required to implement the

32 provisions of this section.

33

34  SECTION 4. Arkansas Code � 6-15-202(f)(1), concerning school

35 accreditation, development of rules, criteria, and standards, is amended to

36 read as follows:

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1            (1) Section 6-10-111(d)-(f) concerning the Equity Equality

2 Assistance Center;

3

4         SECTION 5. Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 17, Subchapter 19, is

5 repealed.

6         6-17-1901. Teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan.

7         (a) By August 1, 2022, each public school district and open-enrollment

8 public charter school in the state shall prepare a three-year teacher and

9 administrator recruitment and retention plan.

10        (b) The plan shall set forth goals for:

11           (1) The recruitment and retention of teachers and administrators

12 of minority races and ethnicities who increase diversity among the district

13 staff and, at a minimum, reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the

14 district's students; and

15           (2) Increasing the number of students who pursue careers in

16 education with an emphasis on students of minority races and ethnicities.

17        (c) A school district shall review annually the:

18           (1) Recruitment and retention plan; and

19           (2) Progress of the school district in meeting the goals

20 established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

21        (d) The plan shall be:

22           (1) Updated annually; and

23           (2) Posted on the school district's or open-enrollment public

24 charter school's website no later than August 1 of each year.

25

26        6-17-1902. Equity Assistance Center -- Coordination and contents of

27 plan.

28        (a) The Equity Assistance Center shall provide technical assistance,

29 guidance, and support to public school districts and public open-enrollment

30 charter schools in developing recruitment and retention plans and setting and

31 meeting annual goals.

32        (b)(1) Each public school district and open-enrollment public charter

33 school shall designate an employee to coordinate the implementation and

34 review of the public school district's and open-enrollment public charter

35 school's recruitment and retention plan.

36           (2) The designated equity assistance coordinator in each public

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1 school district and open-enrollment public charter school may serve as the

2 coordinator of the public school district's and open-enrollment public

3 charter school's recruitment and retention plan.

4          (c) The teacher and administrator recruitment and retention plan shall

5 include, but not be limited to, the following information:

6          (1) The annual goals of the public school district or open-

7 enrollment public charter school established pursuant to � 6-17-1901(b);

8          (2) The actions and steps the public school district or open-

9 enrollment public charter school has taken and will take to meet each of the

10 public school district's and open-enrollment public charter school's goals;

11         (3) The progress of the public school district or open-

12 enrollment public charter school in meeting each of the public school

13 district's and open-enrollment public charter school's goals;

14         (4) The evaluative methods the public school district or open-

15 enrollment public charter school will use to measure progress towards meeting

16 the public school district's or open-enrollment public charter school's

17 goals;

18         (5) If the public school district or open-enrollment public

19 charter school did not meet the public school district's or open-enrollment

20 public charter school's goals for the previous reporting period, the public

21 school district or open-enrollment public charter school shall state the

22 reasons for not meeting the goals and the steps the public school district or

23 open-enrollment public charter school will take to overcome the reasons for

24 not meeting the goals;

25         (6) The steps the public school district or open-enrollment

26 public charter school will take to encourage students to pursue a career in

27 education, including steps specific to students of minority races and

28 ethnicities;

29         (7) Public school district or open-enrollment public charter

30 school teacher and administrator recruitment and retention data to show the:

31               (A) Racial and ethnic composition of teachers and

32 administrators employed by the public school district or open-enrollment

33 public charter school for each of the previous three (3) years; and

34               (B) Effectiveness of the plan; and

35         (8) The racial and ethnic composition of the student body and

36 the racial and ethnic composition of the residents of the public school

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1 district or open-enrollment public charter school.

2   (d) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules necessary for

3 implementation of this subchapter.

4

5   6-17-1903. Department of Education -- Minority Teacher and Administrator

6 Preparation and Recruitment Strategic Plan.

7   (a)(1) The Department of Education shall set goals for increasing the

8 number of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in

9 this state.

10             (2)(A) The Division of Higher Education shall collaborate with

11 the State Board of Education, local universities, colleges, public school

12 districts, and open-enrollment public charter schools to develop a strategic

13 plan for increasing the number of teachers and administrators of minority

14 races and ethnicities in this state.

15                  (B) The Minority Teacher and Administrator Preparation and

16 Recruitment Strategic Plan shall include without limitation recommendations

17 to institutions with educator preparation programs on ways to:

18                          (i) Identify methods for increasing the percentage

19 of teachers and administrators of minority races and ethnicities in

20 proportion to the number of students of minority races and ethnicities in

21 this state; and

22                          (ii) Establish programs to identify and recruit

23 individuals of minority races and ethnicities who have already earned college

24 degrees in other job fields to become teachers and administrators.

25  (b) The division shall:

26             (1) Promote educator preparation programs that increase the

27 percentage of individuals of minority races and ethnicities who enter and

28 successfully complete a four-year educator preparatory program and provide

29 support to students of minority races and ethnicities who meet the

30 requirements for entering educator preparation programs; and

31             (2) Submit a report no later than July 1, 2022, and every two

32 (2) years following to the House Committee on Education and the Senate

33 Committee on Education.

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35  SECTION 6. Arkansas Code � 6-60-703(b)(3), concerning the

36 Comprehensive Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report, is repealed.

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1               (3) Every five (5) years, beginning in 2015:

2               (A) Minority retention plans, � 6-61-122; and

3               (B) Affirmative action program plans, � 6-63-103(c).

4

5   SECTION 7. Arkansas Code �� 6-61-121 and 6-61-122 are repealed.

6   6-61-121. Higher education minority retention programs -- Definition.

7   For purposes of this section and � 6-61-122, the term "minority" refers

8 to African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native

9 Americans.

10

11  6-61-122. Higher education minority retention programs -- Establishment

12 -- Reports.

13  (a) All state-supported colleges and universities shall establish a

14 program for the retention of blacks and other members of minority groups as

15 students, faculty, and staff. Retention action plans shall be prepared on a

16 continuing basis for future five-year periods.

17  (b) Each state-supported college and university shall annually prepare

18 a progress report on the steps that have been taken to reach the goals of the

19 plan. The report shall include information relative to students, faculty, and

20 staff within the institution.

21  (c) Copies of each institution's five-year plan and annual report

22 shall be filed by June 30 with the Division of Higher Education, the board of

23 trustees of the institution, the House Committee on Education and the Senate

24 Committee on Education, and the board of visitors of the institution, if

25 applicable.

26  (d) The division shall develop appropriate forms for reporting and

27 shall monitor the retention plans and annual reports.

28  (e) In carrying out the retention action plans, each institution shall

29 provide for a part-time or full-time employee by reassignment, appointment,

30 or employment to assist the institution in the retention of blacks and

31 members of other minority groups for faculty and staff positions.

32

33  SECTION 8. Arkansas Code � 6-63-103 is repealed.

34  6-63-103. Affirmative action programs -- Plans -- Annual reports.

35  (a)(1) Each state-supported institution of higher education shall

36 prepare an affirmative action program for the recruitment of African-

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1 Americans and other members of minorities for faculty and staff positions and

2 for enrollment as students.

3             (2) Affirmative action plans shall be prepared on a continuing

4 basis for future five-year periods.

5          (b)(1) Each state-supported institution of higher education shall

6 prepare annually a summary report on the steps that have been taken to reach

7 the goals of the plan.

8             (2) The report shall:

9                   (A) Include information on the progress made by each

10 institution for the various levels of employment within the institution; and

11                  (B) Be presented in a table format limited to no more than

12 five (5) pages.

13         (c) Copies of the five-year plan and annual reports summaries of each

14 institution of higher education shall be included in the Comprehensive

15 Arkansas Higher Education Annual Report, filed with the Governor, the

16 Division of Higher Education, the president and board of trustees of the

17 institution, the board of visitors of the institution, if applicable, and the

18 House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education.

19         (d) In carrying out the affirmative action plans, each institution of

20 higher education shall provide for a part-time or full-time employee to

21 assist the institution in the recruitment of African-Americans and other

22 members of minorities for faculty and staff positions and for enrollment as

23 students.

24

25         SECTION 9. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1501 is amended to read as follows:

26         6-82-1501. Title.

27         This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arkansas

28 Geographical Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Act of

29 2001".

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31         SECTION 10. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1502 is amended to read as follows:

32         6-82-1502. Program established -- Purpose -- Effect.

33         (a) There is established the Critical Needs Minority Teacher

34 Scholarship Program.

35         (b) The purpose of the program is to attract qualified minority

36 teachers to the Delta and those geographical areas of the state where there

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1 exists a critical shortage of teachers by awarding scholarships to minorities

2 individuals declaring an intention to serve in the teaching field who

3 actually render service to this state while possessing an appropriate

4 teaching license.

5          (c) This subchapter does not affect any preference given to veterans

6 in public education.

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8          SECTION 11. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1503(a) and (b), concerning the

9 eligibility for scholarships, are amended to read as follows:

10         (a)(1) The term "minority" when used in this subchapter shall refer to

11 Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans.

12             (2) The Native American group includes all persons having

13 origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintain

14 cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.

15         (b) Any individual who is a minority and who is enrolled in or

16 accepted for enrollment at a baccalaureate degree-granting institution of

17 higher education whose teacher education program is approved by the State

18 Board of Education or at an accredited state-supported community college in

19 the State of Arkansas who expresses in writing an intention to teach in a

20 geographical area of the state in which there exists a critical shortage of

21 teachers, as designated by the state board, shall be eligible for a financial

22 Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship to be applied toward the costs of

23 the individual's college education, if:

24             (1) The applicant has a grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0

25 scale in high school if the applicant graduated within the five (5) preceding

26 years; and

27             (2) The applicant scored nineteen (19) or above on the ACT

28 composite or the equivalent as defined by the University of Arkansas at Pine

29 Bluff.

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31         SECTION 12. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1503(c)(1), concerning the

32 eligibility for scholarships, is amended to read as follows:

33         (c)(1) The university is authorized to develop selection criteria

34 through Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program rules, which

35 combine an applicant's ACT superscore, as defined by � 6-85-204, or ACT

36 equivalent score and grade point average in the core curriculum into a

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1 selection index.

2

3   SECTION 13. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1503(e)(1), concerning the

4 eligibility for scholarships, is amended to read as follows:

5   (e)(1) Awards granted under the Critical Needs Minority Teacher

6 Scholarship Program shall be available to both full-time and part-time

7 students.

8

9   SECTION 14. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1504(a), concerning service

10 requirement for scholarship recipients, is amended to read as follows:

11  (a) Except in those cases where employment positions may not be

12 available upon completion of licensure requirements, at the beginning of the

13 first school year in which a recipient of a Critical Needs Minority Teacher

14 Scholarship is eligible for employment as a licensed teacher, that person

15 shall begin to render service as a licensed teacher in a public school

16 district in a geographical area of the state where there is a critical

17 shortage of teachers or in the Mississippi Delta, as designated by the

18 Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

19

20  SECTION 15. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1505(a), concerning rules,

21 administration, and reports for the administration of the Critical Needs

22 Minority Teacher Scholarship Program, is amended to read as follows:

23  (a) The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and the Division of

24 Higher Education shall jointly promulgate rules necessary for the proper

25 administration of the Critical Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program.

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27  SECTION 16. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1506(a), concerning the Critical

28 Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Committee, is amended to read as

29 follows:

30  (a) There is established a committee to be known as the Critical Needs

31 Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Committee.

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33  SECTION 17. Arkansas Code � 6-82-1506(h)(2), concerning the Critical

34 Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program Committee, is amended to read as

35 follows:

36           (2) Perform other duties or functions regarding the Critical

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1 Needs Minority Teacher Scholarship Program as may be requested by the

2 chancellor.

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4   SECTION 18. Arkansas Code � 16-123-338(4), concerning relief for a

5 discriminatory housing practice, is amended to read as follows:

6              (4) Subject to � 16-123-339, any permanent or temporary

7 injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order, including an order

8 enjoining the defendant from engaging in the discriminatory housing practice

9 or ordering affirmative other action as may be appropriate.

10

11  SECTION 19. Arkansas Code � 21-3-101 is amended to read as follows:

12  21-3-101. Equal employment hiring program.

13  (a) Every state department, agency, board, commission, and institution

14 of higher education and every constitutional officer as defined in Arkansas

15 Constitution, Amendment 56, � 1, shall adopt and pursue a comprehensive equal

16 employment hiring program designed to achieve a goal of increasing the

17 percentage of minority employees within the state department, agency, board,

18 commission, and institution of higher education and within the constitutional

19 office to a level that approximates the percentage of minorities in the

20 state's population.

21  (b)(1) Every state department, agency, board, commission, and

22 institution of higher education and every constitutional officer shall report

23 to the Legislative Council on June 30 of each year regarding its efforts to

24 achieve its equal employment hiring program goal.

25             (2) However, the report required of any institution by � 6-63-

26 103 may be used in lieu of the report required under this subsection and

27 shall be filed as provided in this subsection.

28  (c) The employee handbook or manual of every state department, agency,

29 board, commission, and institution of higher education and every employee

30 handbook or manual of every constitutional office shall include the following

31 statement in describing the equal employment opportunity hiring program

32 required under this section:

33             "The State of Arkansas does not discriminate in access to

34 employment opportunities or in employment or practices on the basis of race,

35 color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic

36 information."

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1   (b) A statement included in an employee handbook or manual under this

2 section does not affect any preference given to veterans in employment.

3

4   SECTION 20. Arkansas Code � 22-9-203(i), concerning the award

5 procedure for public improvements generally, is amended to read as follows:

6   (i) No contract providing for the making of major repairs or

7 alterations, for the erection of buildings or other structures, or for making

8 other permanent improvements shall be entered into by the state, any agency

9 of the state, any county, municipality, school district, or other local

10 taxing unit with any contractor in instances where all estimated costs of the

11 work shall exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) unless

12 the bid documents contain statements which encourage the participation of

13 small, minority, and women's business enterprises and veteran-owned business

14 enterprises.

15

16  SECTION 21. Arkansas Code Title 25, Chapter 1, Subchapter 1, is

17 amended to add an additional section to read as follows:

18  25-1-130. Prohibition of discrimination or preferential treatment by

19 state entities.

20  (a) As used in this section, "state" means the State of Arkansas, a

21 city, a county, an institution of higher education, a public school district,

22 a public special school district, or a political subdivision or governmental

23 instrumentality of the state.

24  (b) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential

25 treatment to, an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color,

26 ethnicity, or national origin in matters of state employment, public

27 education, or state procurement.

28  (c) This section applies only to an action taken after the effective

29 date of this act.

30  (d) This section does not:

31  (1) Prohibit the consideration by the state of bona fide

32 qualifications based on sex that are reasonably necessary to the normal

33 functions of state employment, public education, or state procurement;

34  (2) Invalidate a court order or consent decree that is in force

35 as of the effective date of this act;

36  (3) Prohibit an action necessary to establish or maintain

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1 eligibility for a federal program if ineligibility would demonstrably result

2 in a loss of federal funds to the state;

3       (4) Affect any preference given to veterans in matters of state

4 employment, public education, or state procurement; or

5       (5) Preempt state discrimination law or federal discrimination

6 law.

7       (e)(1) A person who believes his or her rights have been impacted under

8 this section may bring a civil action in circuit court to:

9                     (A) Enjoin a violation of this section; and

10                    (B) Recover reasonable court costs and attorney's fees.

11      (2) In an action brought under this section, if the court finds

12 that a violation occurred, the court shall:

13                    (A) Award:

14                    (i) Injunctive relief; and

15                    (ii) Court costs and attorney's fees, if the court

16 may award court costs and attorney's fees against the defendant; and

17                    (B) If the court may not award court costs and attorney's

18 fees against the defendant, order the Arkansas State Claims Commission to

19 award court costs and attorney's fees.

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21      SECTION 22. Arkansas Code � 25-36-103 is repealed.

22      25-36-103. Agency contracting -- Diversity.

23      (a) A state agency shall include in all requests for proposals and

24 requests for qualifications, language that encourages minority participation

25 in each request for proposals and request for qualifications issued by the

26 state agency.

27      (b)(1) State agency requests for proposals and requests for

28 qualifications shall take into consideration minority inclusion in the

29 proposed project.

30      (2) Requests for proposals and requests for qualifications shall

31 provide that an applicant unable to include minority-owned businesses may

32 explain the circumstances preventing minority inclusion.

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34      SECTION 23. DO NOT CODIFY. Report to Legislative Council.

35      (a) All state agencies shall begin developing a plan to implement this

36 act immediately upon the effective date of this act.

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1       (b)(1) If a state agency has not complied with this act within six (6)

2 months of the effective date of this act, the state agency shall submit a

3 detailed compliance plan to the Legislative Council or its appropriate

4 subcommittee within six (6) months of the effective date of this act stating

5 the:

6                 (A) Steps the state agency will take to comply with this

7 act;

8                 (B) Estimated time needed for the state agency to

9 implement changes necessary to comply with this act;

10                (C) Individual responsible for overseeing the

11 implementation of this act; and

12                (D) Description of the steps the state agency is taking to

13 address any failure to comply with this act.

14           (2) The executive head of each state agency shall appear before

15 the Legislative Council or its appropriate subcommittee at the time the

16 compliance plan in subdivision (b)(1) of this section is submitted and

17 provide the following information:

18                (A) Whether the state agency has been successful in

19 complying with the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section;

20                (B) An update on the current status of the necessary

21 changes;

22                (C) The ongoing steps the state agency is taking to

23 address any failure to comply with this act; and

24                (D) The anticipated date for when the state agency shall

25 be in full compliance with this act.

26           (3) If the state agency has not been successful in complying

27 with this act within nine (9) months of the appearance before the Legislative

28 Council or its appropriate subcommittee required in subdivision (b)(2) of

29 this section:

30                (A) The executive head of the state agency shall appear

31 before the Legislative Council; and

32                (B) The state agency shall provide an updated report and

33 compliance plan to the Legislative Council or its appropriate subcommittee,

34 including the anticipated date of compliance.

35      (c)(1) If after one (1) year from the effective date of this act a

36 state agency has not complied fully with this act, in addition to the

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1 executive head of the state agency, the cabinet-level department secretary

2 overseeing that state agency shall also appear before the Legislative Council

3 or its appropriate subcommittee to provide an update.

4   (2) After the appearance under subdivision (c)(1) of this

5 section, every three (3) months until the state agency reaches full

6 compliance with this act, the executive head of the state agency and the

7 cabinet-level department secretary overseeing that state agency shall:

8   (A) Appear before the Legislative Council or its

9 appropriate subcommittee; and

10  (B) Provide an updated report and compliance plan to the

11 Legislative Council or its appropriate subcommittee, including the

12 anticipated date of compliance.

13  (3) A cabinet-level department secretary is in violation of this

14 act if the secretary fails to be in full compliance with this act within

15 twenty-four (24) months of sine die adjournment of the Ninety-Fifth General

16 Assembly meeting in regular session.

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