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+type: "Bill"
+title: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+description: "TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
+legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1688"
+citation: "Arkansas HB 1688 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "J. English"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-23T21:00:11+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-12T14:57:46+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a009d25-1b7d-4c21-b81a-f86cb0739342"
+source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
+source_hash: "4b25d343610c133ceaa73dde3843f58414ab5aee45842385690b250bcea6a07b"
+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 1688 (2023) — TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING AMOUNTS; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Act 744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=744.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
+2. **HB 1688** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1688.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read the third time and passed. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Evans — primary (person)
+- J. English — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23T21:00:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
+- **2023-03-27T22:54:34+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`
+- **2023-03-31T04:01:30+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-04T19:49:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T19:49:10+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-04T22:03:12+00:00** Received from the House.
+- **2023-04-04T22:03:22+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05T17:29:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06T19:31:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T19:31:51+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
+- **2023-04-06T19:31:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:04:40+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
+- **2023-04-06T22:04:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
+- **2023-04-07T15:35:49+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
+- **2023-04-12T14:57:46+00:00** Notification that HB1688 is now Act 744 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a009d25-1b7d-4c21-b81a-f86cb0739342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).
+