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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CONCERNING THE OFFERING OF AN ACADEMIC STUDY OF THE BIBLE COURSE IF STUDENTS REQUEST THAT THE COURSE BE OFFERED."
+description: "CONCERNING THE OFFERING OF AN ACADEMIC STUDY OF THE BIBLE COURSE IF STUDENTS REQUEST THAT THE COURSE BE OFFERED."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1626"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1626 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cloud"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-02-28"
+last_action: "2019-04-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f9c8f8-0af3-4429-89cf-aa2680678cca"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "c51aeb576ee49a812e3c8a55e6a31e9410189053aa45afa86c408f3dfb29e3b7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ar"]
+---
+
+# Arkansas HB 1626 (2019) — CONCERNING THE OFFERING OF AN ACADEMIC STUDY OF THE BIBLE COURSE IF STUDENTS REQUEST THAT THE COURSE BE OFFERED.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Document?type=pdf&chamber=&source=Amendments&bill=HB1626-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
+2. **HB 1626** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/HB1626.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **28–2** (pass) · upper
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **82–3** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **64–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cloud — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-28** Filed `introduction`
+- **2019-02-28** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-12** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-14** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-18** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-03-18** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-18** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-03-19** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-19** Received from the House.
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-04-04** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2019-04-04** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-04-08** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2019-04-08** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2019-04-08** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-09** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2019-04-10** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2019-04-10** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2019-04-15** Notification that HB1626 is now Act 1016 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42f9c8f8-0af3-4429-89cf-aa2680678cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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