---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY RELATING TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT'S SEX."
description: "CONCERNING A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY RELATING TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT'S SEX."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1156 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bentley", "D. Sullivan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17T20:20:34+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T19:18:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c82f9a7-9b80-4eb2-9388-948f03a28717"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "96a7c86f08bd67998ec094efcc347b346e0c9f67d23e4c4fd8bcc38c36a4f48a"
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 1156 (2023) — CONCERNING A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL POLICY RELATING TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT'S SEX.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=317.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1156-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment H2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1156-H2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1156-S1.pdf)
5. **HB 1156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1156.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **80–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bentley — primary (person)
- D. Sullivan — primary (person)
- Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Ladyman — cosponsor (person)
- Long — cosponsor (person)
- Lundstrum — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Tosh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17T20:20:34+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-01-17T22:22:23+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`
- **2023-01-24T14:30:09+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-24T14:30:11+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24T15:50:06+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-30T14:35:43+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-01-30T14:35:48+00:00** Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30T16:08:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-01-31T16:27:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T19:58:52+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T21:43:37+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-02-01T21:43:47+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:21:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:26:04+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T19:42:58+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T17:48:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T17:49:01+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-09T19:48:49+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-13T20:04:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T20:05:00+00:00** Returned To the House as passed as amended.
- **2023-03-13T22:08:32+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-13T22:08:38+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T16:59:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T18:51:44+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-03-15T18:51:46+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:43:53+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-21T19:18:16+00:00** Notification that HB1156 is now Act 317 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c82f9a7-9b80-4eb2-9388-948f03a28717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).