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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION."
+description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 538"
+citation: "Arkansas SB 538 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-12"
+last_action: "2019-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e899824f-6096-41b9-b92f-31affb2df614"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "a80fe4e417419a04a922f9787ed3dda3bef908680fa4aa53534ec5f719c83a14"
+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 SB 538 (2019) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL WAIVERS; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF INNOVATION.
+
+## 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=SB538-H1&ddBienniumSession=2019%2F2019R)
+2. **SB 538** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB538.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. Sturch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-12** Filed `introduction`
+- **2019-03-12** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-20** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-25** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-25** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
+- **2019-03-25** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
+- **2019-03-25** 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`
+- **2019-03-26** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-03-27** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2019-03-28** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Returned To Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2019-04-01** Returned From the House as passed as amended.
+- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass concur in House Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-04** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2019-04-04** House Amendment No. 1 read first time, rule suspended, read second time and concurred in.
+- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended.
+- **2019-04-04** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-04** ORDERED ENROLLED
+- **2019-04-05** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
+- **2019-04-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-10** Notification that SB538 is now Act 815 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e899824f-6096-41b9-b92f-31affb2df614`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
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