---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WAIT BEFORE WITHDRAWING HIS OR HER CHILD FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN STATE HIS OR HER CHILD'S INTENT TO SEEK A DRIVER'S LICENSE."
description: "TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WAIT BEFORE WITHDRAWING HIS OR HER CHILD FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN STATE HIS OR HER CHILD'S INTENT TO SEEK A DRIVER'S LICENSE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1429 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gilmore", "Lowery"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04T21:53:11+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-08T19:47:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b6da90-5b54-4482-a668-8205a38558d3"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "06684bb8cfaad0c1d0809a0d84a3ce1b0786052e647bacacf78d18800c8f3537"
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 1429 (2021) — TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN WAIT BEFORE WITHDRAWING HIS OR HER CHILD FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN STATE HIS OR HER CHILD'S INTENT TO SEEK A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

## 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%2FHB1429-H1.pdf)
2. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2021R%2FPublic%2FHB1429-H2.pdf)
3. **HB 1429** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1429.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **86–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gilmore — primary (person)
- Lowery — primary (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04T21:53:11+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-04T22:30:22+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`
- **2021-03-03T14:35:46+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-03T14:35:56+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03T16:23:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-04T18:09:53+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08T14:33:17+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-03-08T14:33:21+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08T18:38:42+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-03-09T19:23:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-09T22:37:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-09T22:37:36+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T18:13:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T20:18:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05T20:19:16+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:56:39+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-04-05T21:56:41+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-04-06T16:16:33+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-04-08T19:47:55+00:00** Notification that HB1429 is now Act 623 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b6da90-5b54-4482-a668-8205a38558d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).