---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS SERVING ON THE BOARD OF VISITORS; AND TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS."
description: "CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS SERVING ON THE BOARD OF VISITORS; AND TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1472"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1472 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark", "Cozart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10T19:08:47+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-15T18:02:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb3efcc7-b620-434c-959f-4357c4ba6aed"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "a350a7b53da0f7e2f7096be50b6c1bc658af8afde574eb32ebbc8f26f2fcb917"
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 1472 (2021) — CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCES, AND THE ARTS; TO AMEND THE COMPOSITION OF THE EX OFFICIO MEMBERS SERVING ON THE BOARD OF VISITORS; AND TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTRUCTORS.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 1472** (committee substitute) — [source](ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/2021R/Public/Searchable/HB1472.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- Cozart — primary (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- McGrew — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10T19:08:47+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2021-02-10T23:17:32+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`
- **2021-03-02T17:29:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03T19:18:05+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-03T23:02:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2021-03-03T23:02:52+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:04:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T21:35:45+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11T21:36:19+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:29:07+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2021-03-11T23:29:09+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2021-03-12T15:46:15+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2021-03-15T18:02:43+00:00** Notification that HB1472 is now Act 354 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb3efcc7-b620-434c-959f-4357c4ba6aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).