---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE SCHOOL-LEVEL IMPROVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, AND GRADUATE STUDIES PLANS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING."
description: "TO REQUIRE SCHOOL-LEVEL IMPROVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, AND GRADUATE STUDIES PLANS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 153"
citation: "Arkansas SB 153 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5816732-56a4-4645-8389-ff0e98816158"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "45f608cb316d71aa22adf6747202a2e732f535d9114ce6f6a22b4c0c06fd246f"
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 153 (2019) — TO REQUIRE SCHOOL-LEVEL IMPROVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, AND GRADUATE STUDIES PLANS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCIENCE OF READING.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB 153** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB153.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-23** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-01-31** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-01-31** 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`
- **2019-02-05** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-07** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-02-07** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-02-07** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-02-07** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-11** Notification that SB153 is now Act 83 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5816732-56a4-4645-8389-ff0e98816158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).