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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CONCERNING APPROVED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND CONCERNING THE HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS FUND ACCOUNT."
+description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CONCERNING APPROVED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND CONCERNING THE HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS FUND ACCOUNT."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1417"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1417 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["J. English", "Lundstrum"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-13T20:52:12+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-11T16:33:32+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5bc3248-7024-4ecb-a442-35c14bc3afc9"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "7811aa0eae5834eed1e5b36bd44a12d9758f96c2abce6f126cdda5419ce86694"
+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 1417 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS ACADEMIC CHALLENGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CONCERNING APPROVED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; AND CONCERNING THE HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS FUND ACCOUNT.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 539** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=539.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1417-H1.pdf)
+3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1417-H2.pdf)
+4. **HB 1417** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1417.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read the third time and passed. — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- J. English — primary (person)
+- Lundstrum — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-13T20:52:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13T22:35:28+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`
+- **2023-02-20T14:29:25+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-02-20T14:29:30+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-20T18:41:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-05T14:20:24+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T19:18:42+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
+- **2023-04-05T19:19:02+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-05T21:45:18+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
+- **2023-04-06T00:26:29+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T02:53:18+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-06T02:53:22+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T16:54:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T16:54:46+00:00** Returned to the House as Passed.
+- **2023-04-06T18:54:32+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T18:54:34+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-06T20:12:19+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-11T16:33:32+00:00** Notification that HB1417 is now Act 539 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5bc3248-7024-4ecb-a442-35c14bc3afc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+