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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
+description: "TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1347"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1347 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "J. Dotson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-02T21:36:28+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-03-10T19:56:31+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2055ab49-0958-4056-b90d-6997d409ca18"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "78565d18cc2ceb2d4e9576160e255360ec7fb9cd71b715f962f8d6f82b9ad05f"
+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 1347 (2023) — TO CREATE A FINANCIAL AID APPEALS PROCESS AND COMMITTEE FOR THE DIVISION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=244.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1347-S1.pdf)
+3. **HB 1347** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1347.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beck — primary (person)
+- J. Dotson — primary (person)
+- A. Collins — cosponsor (person)
+- Andrews — cosponsor (person)
+- B. McKenzie — cosponsor (person)
+- Beaty Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bentley — cosponsor (person)
+- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
+- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
+- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Evans — cosponsor (person)
+- Furman — cosponsor (person)
+- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
+- Gazaway — cosponsor (person)
+- Haak — cosponsor (person)
+- Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jean — cosponsor (person)
+- Joey Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
+- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
+- Long — cosponsor (person)
+- M. Berry — cosponsor (person)
+- Maddox — cosponsor (person)
+- McCollum — cosponsor (person)
+- McCullough — cosponsor (person)
+- Milligan — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Scott Richardson — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rye — cosponsor (person)
+- S. Meeks — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Tosh — cosponsor (person)
+- Underwood — cosponsor (person)
+- V. Flowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Vaught — cosponsor (person)
+- Wing — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02T21:36:28+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-02T21:44:51+00:00** 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`
+- **2023-02-21T17:39:52+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-22T20:12:01+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22T22:56:57+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-02-22T22:57:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28T14:30:43+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
+- **2023-02-28T14:30:47+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-28T14:30:54+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
+- **2023-02-28T19:19:43+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-02-28T19:19:59+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01T19:28:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06T20:36:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-06T20:36:24+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
+- **2023-03-06T22:07:54+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
+- **2023-03-07T20:03:46+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
+- **2023-03-07T20:04:12+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-03-08T13:44:11+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-03-10T19:56:31+00:00** Notification that HB1347 is now Act 244 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2055ab49-0958-4056-b90d-6997d409ca18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+