---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS CHALLENGE PLUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS CHALLENGE PLUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 248"
citation: "Arkansas SB 248 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans", "J. English"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-10T15:23:35+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-04T17:36:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0740675b-3e3b-4d42-9fff-7561761efe1c"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "24932ed593e91e11d2bfcd980c30b7a76e91036186d99a62de4fcce65543fe6e"
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 248 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS CHALLENGE PLUS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=386.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB248-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 248** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB248.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-10T15:23:35+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T19:19:27+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:17:53+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-02-14T14:17:57+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-02-14T14:18:03+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-02-14T19:15:38+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-02-14T19:15:48+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T00:23:15+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:47:32+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T18:47:40+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-27T21:12:07+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-27T23:10:34+00:00** Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and placed on the CALENDAR. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:25:09+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:25:14+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:22:57+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-28T21:23:24+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-29T13:54:11+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-29T13:54:17+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04T17:36:19+00:00** Notification that SB248 is now Act 386 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0740675b-3e3b-4d42-9fff-7561761efe1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).