---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OBTAIN A WAIVER."
description: "TO AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OBTAIN A WAIVER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Arkansas SB 190 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cozart", "R. Murdock"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01T20:44:50+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-24T16:16:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93116b86-2e64-4420-9665-e22ca892807b"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "1f984b8458908a478f9c2eafae2772dda044616e009142713f48b37b61d11583"
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 SB 190 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY OBTAIN A WAIVER.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=347.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB190-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 190** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB190.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cozart — primary (person)
- R. Murdock — primary (person)
- Vaught — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01T20:44:50+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-01T21:37:56+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T14:04:55+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-16T14:05:00+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-16T14:05:20+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-16T17:23:47+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-16T17:23:58+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:26:04+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T17:49:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T17:49:38+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-02T20:18:04+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-02T22:38:34+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`
- **2023-03-14T17:00:20+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T20:29:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:29:49+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:35:00+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-15T23:35:04+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-16T13:51:26+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-16T13:51:29+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24T16:16:50+00:00** Notification that SB190 is now Act 347 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93116b86-2e64-4420-9665-e22ca892807b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).