---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION REORGANIZATION ACT; AND TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS."
description: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION REORGANIZATION ACT; AND TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Arkansas SB 262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Payton", "Miller"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14T15:19:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:51:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03b22880-5393-401a-86f0-904fc5031353"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "0995660287d3631d052ecc613748ac66cffa23bac95fc8ef5772e768a8b923f5"
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 262 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION REORGANIZATION ACT; AND TO REMOVE THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REQUIRE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=461.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB262-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB262-S2.pdf)
4. **SB 262** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB262.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Payton — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- B. King — cosponsor (person)
- C. Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Hodges — cosponsor (person)
- Irvin — cosponsor (person)
- J. Dismang — cosponsor (person)
- J. Petty — cosponsor (person)
- Pearce — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14T15:19:07+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T19:23:45+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T19:26:25+00:00** Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T17:43:59+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-02T17:44:06+00:00** Amendment # 1 & 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-02T19:30:50+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-06T19:42:49+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T19:43:01+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-06T21:59:26+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-06T22:32:13+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`
- **2023-03-28T18:42:08+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:44:59+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:45:09+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:36:13+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:36:16+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T15:46:09+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-30T15:46:12+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:51:30+00:00** Notification that SB262 is now Act 461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03b22880-5393-401a-86f0-904fc5031353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).