---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION UPON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S REVIEW OF WAIVERS GRANTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS."
description: "TO REQUIRE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION UPON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S REVIEW OF WAIVERS GRANTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1172 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tollett"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-13T16:29:12+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-12T18:30:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8833e5a-bc2a-4b27-bf8e-240f660766b5"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4ac19cf2b6a93ee5609965d014a2227541071ee601ce9a8f04f2ce96e3be93a9"
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 1172 (2021) — TO REQUIRE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION UPON THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S REVIEW OF WAIVERS GRANTED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1172-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1172** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1172.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and failed. — **16–13** (fail) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **22–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tollett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13T16:29:12+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-01-13T22:01:50+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`
- **2021-02-02T14:33:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-02T14:33:58+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02T16:28:41+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-23T19:05:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24T19:16:18+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24T23:29:32+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-02-24T23:29:42+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:13:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:39:40+00:00** Read the third time and failed. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:39:44+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1172 failed to pass. Motion failed.
- **2021-04-05T20:54:24+00:00** Hold in the Chamber
- **2021-04-06T20:07:02+00:00** Motion to Expunge the Vote by which HB1172 failed to pass. Motion passed.
- **2021-04-06T20:07:20+00:00** The vote by which HB1172 Failed to Pass was expunged.
- **2021-04-07T19:58:43+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T19:58:44+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-07T22:02:43+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-07T22:02:45+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-08T14:44:04+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-12T18:30:19+00:00** Notification that HB1172 is now Act 678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8833e5a-bc2a-4b27-bf8e-240f660766b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).