---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT CONDUCT DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AT PUBLIC TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
description: "TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT CONDUCT DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AT PUBLIC TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 365"
citation: "Arkansas SB 365 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dalby", "Irvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06T19:22:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:57:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34700ee1-fdc3-4bdd-9b58-02d0244791ef"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "4dca91c702b566a542c940163f6074e7f7320dc73a9f5a7edd7b563f18ee768b"
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 365 (2023) — TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS STUDENT DUE PROCESS AND PROTECTION ACT; AND TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURAL PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT CONDUCT DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AT PUBLIC TWO-YEAR AND FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=470.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB365-S1.pdf)
3. **SB 365** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB365.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

- Dalby — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T19:22:38+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-06T21:28:28+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09T18:37:02+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-09T18:37:10+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-09T18:37:15+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-09T18:37:21+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-09T19:50:20+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-09T21:54:12+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T18:28:56+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16T18:23:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T18:23:54+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-16T20:18:03+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-16T21:51:19+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`
- **2023-03-28T18:42:32+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T19:46:31+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:46:36+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:35:44+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-03-29T23:35:47+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-03-30T15:46:38+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-03-30T15:46:41+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19T20:57:16+00:00** Notification that SB365 is now Act 470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34700ee1-fdc3-4bdd-9b58-02d0244791ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).