---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS BY ARKANSAS EDUCATORS."
description: "TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS BY ARKANSAS EDUCATORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 307"
citation: "Arkansas SB 307 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Sturch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0946e88b-6551-4d5b-aab2-eac97b0f0f16"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "65bf701070dcc0178ae0743e4d31fa4f16fb7499180ef962b7b8867870212776"
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 307 (2019) — TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING ETHICAL VIOLATIONS BY ARKANSAS EDUCATORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB 307** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2019R/Public/Searchable/SB307.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Returned To the Senate as passed. — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Sturch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2019-03-07** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2019-03-07** 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`
- **2019-03-12** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2019-03-13** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2019-03-13** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2019-03-14** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2019-03-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18** Notification that SB307 is now Act 475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0946e88b-6551-4d5b-aab2-eac97b0f0f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).