---
type: "Bill"
title: "CONCERNING IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING REQUIRED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "CONCERNING IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING REQUIRED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1559"
citation: "Arkansas HB 1559 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Hammer", "McAlindon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-06T21:03:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-10T21:20:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b79b03d-3c65-4002-8009-9af60b04cece"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "ae6495d5ebf0884a30aedccace716bfd3ef77ef292852834e63dbc917d21b8a9"
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 1559 (2023) — CONCERNING IMPLICIT BIAS TRAINING REQUIRED BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=511.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1559-H1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FHB1559-S1.pdf)
4. **HB 1559** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/HB1559.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. — **86–4** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- K. Hammer — primary (person)
- McAlindon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T21:03:14+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T22:29:48+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`
- **2023-03-15T13:33:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-15T13:33:38+00:00** Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-15T15:45:26+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-16T15:44:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T20:22:50+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T22:50:50+00:00** Received from the House.
- **2023-03-27T22:50:57+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:35:07+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T20:31:40+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:31:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:31:55+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:25:07+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-30T23:29:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T23:29:42+00:00** Returned To the House as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:05:22+00:00** Returned From Senate as passed, as amended # 1
- **2023-03-31T02:05:29+00:00** Re-referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T18:03:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T18:53:03+00:00** Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
- **2023-04-05T18:53:53+00:00** TO BE ENROLLED
- **2023-04-05T22:24:22+00:00** Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
- **2023-04-10T21:20:20+00:00** Notification that HB1559 is now Act 511 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b79b03d-3c65-4002-8009-9af60b04cece`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).