---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO REQUIRE A HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE OFFERED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING BREASTFEEDING."
description: "TO REQUIRE A HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE OFFERED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING BREASTFEEDING."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1526 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Davis", "Bentley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-01T20:35:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T14:50:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f4856cd-f10c-4280-8dde-171f81268f24"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b3511c051410876a613d6836997db2d1a924082034434e39f38078f2e2bef0d8"
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 1526 (2023) — TO REQUIRE A HEALTH AND SAFETY COURSE OFFERED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL TO INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING BREASTFEEDING.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=723.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **HB 1526** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1526.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **77–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **21–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Davis — primary (person)
- Bentley — primary (person)
- Beck — cosponsor (person)
- C. Fite — cosponsor (person)
- D. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Ennett — cosponsor (person)
- Gramlich — cosponsor (person)
- Haak — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- McAlindon — cosponsor (person)
- Pilkington — cosponsor (person)
- Rose — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01T20:35:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-01T22:31:46+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`
- **2023-03-14T17:00:03+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T19:30:39+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T23:59:18+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-15T23:59:25+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:35:54+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06T00:26:53+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:26:57+00:00** Returned to the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:57:41+00:00** Returned From the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T02:57:43+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:51:50+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-12T14:50:38+00:00** Notification that HB1526 is now Act 723 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f4856cd-f10c-4280-8dde-171f81268f24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).