---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
description: "TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1122"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1122 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "Vaught"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12T17:18:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-30T22:18:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e45947-fa1a-4f87-81b9-b2ec17f77069"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "8a07ab4aaaacc6558f9799450847a4b71c04e20b23bfac1821c6d9f9e44fe0b1"
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 1122 (2023) — TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DATES FOR THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 26** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=26.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1122-H1.pdf)
3. **HB 1122** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1122.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- Vaught — primary (person)
- Cozart — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mayberry — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12T17:18:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-12T22:49:37+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`
- **2023-01-18T14:32:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-18T14:32:48+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-18T15:52:57+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-19T17:08:26+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T19:53:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T19:53:36+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-01-23T21:12:36+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-01-23T21:12:51+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T19:08:18+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26T17:20:07+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T17:20:16+00:00** EMERGENCY CLAUSE ADOPTED
- **2023-01-26T17:20:23+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:06:42+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-01-26T19:06:44+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-01-26T20:03:59+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-01-30T22:18:49+00:00** Notification that HB1122 is now Act 26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e45947-fa1a-4f87-81b9-b2ec17f77069`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).