---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO ALLOW A STATE-SUPPORTED TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DESIGNATE FROM AMONGST CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION A HOMELESS AND FOSTER STUDENT LIAISON."
description: "TO ALLOW A STATE-SUPPORTED TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DESIGNATE FROM AMONGST CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION A HOMELESS AND FOSTER STUDENT LIAISON."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1462"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1462 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-09T19:53:50+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:02:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1326feea-d861-4e3f-805a-f1fa87fc3b86"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "35a86a592703e5807add11ff9002bb99c679704ca14ea9315a0c7bd69e421db4"
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 1462 (2021) — TO ALLOW A STATE-SUPPORTED TWO-YEAR OR FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO DESIGNATE FROM AMONGST CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION A HOMELESS AND FOSTER STUDENT LIAISON.

## 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%2FHB1462-H1.pdf)
2. **HB 1462** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1462.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Murdock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T19:53:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-09T22:21:12+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`
- **2021-02-23T14:20:41+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2021-02-23T14:20:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-23T16:29:58+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2021-02-25T19:06:55+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01T19:31:46+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01T22:14:28+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-01T22:15:04+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:03:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T22:12:00+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2021-03-11T22:12:04+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T22:12:10+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:28:53+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:28:55+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:46:21+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:02:51+00:00** Notification that HB1462 is now Act 355 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1326feea-d861-4e3f-805a-f1fa87fc3b86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).