---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REPEAL THE REDUNDANT REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVE CERTAIN SALARY INCREASES."
description: "TO REPEAL THE REDUNDANT REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVE CERTAIN SALARY INCREASES."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1471"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1471 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haak", "Stone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21T19:15:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-30T15:05:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fdd69bf-45a0-4e6e-b914-19c88a0cd485"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ad8bb724404bdb7e6e920908b7b68d10e1880f2a3d2e9387325c3ee8d6e63f61"
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 1471 (2023) — TO REPEAL THE REDUNDANT REPORTING REQUIREMENT THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS OF DIRECTORS REVIEW AND APPROVE CERTAIN SALARY INCREASES.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=418.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1471** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1471.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

- Haak — primary (person)
- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21T19:15:26+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-21T22:33:24+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`
- **2023-03-07T18:53:51+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T20:07:21+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-08T22:05:06+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-08T22:05:19+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:11+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T20:06:37+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:06:42+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:57:17+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T20:57:19+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:28:24+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-03-30T15:05:20+00:00** Notification that HB1471 is now Act 418 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fdd69bf-45a0-4e6e-b914-19c88a0cd485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).