---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT."
description: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 400"
citation: "Arkansas SB 400 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Clark"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-09T19:56:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T21:50:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71eca958-f8a0-438a-9bb9-f4d8bfe39200"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "b922091aa15c65585bf6f31cd2e73e535e3d1cbca1506d6299d73878e6beef8f"
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 400 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS OPPORTUNITY PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 768** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=768.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **Amendment S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S1.pdf)
3. **Amendment S2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S2.pdf)
4. **Amendment S3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAMEND%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FSB400-S3.pdf)
5. **SB 400** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB400.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **92–2** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- A. Clark — primary (person)
- B. Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- C. Tucker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Dees — cosponsor (person)
- Flippo — cosponsor (person)
- G. Leding — cosponsor (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- L. Chesterfield — cosponsor (person)
- M. McKee — cosponsor (person)
- Stone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09T19:56:31+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-09T21:36:35+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T20:33:09+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-29T20:33:42+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 1
- **2023-03-29T20:33:45+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-29T20:33:50+00:00** Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-29T22:19:45+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-29T22:19:55+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T19:50:23+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-30T19:50:51+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee for purpose of amendment # 2
- **2023-03-30T19:50:55+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-30T19:51:02+00:00** Amendment # 2 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-30T21:41:02+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T00:35:29+00:00** Rules suspended.
- **2023-03-31T00:35:36+00:00** Placed on second reading for purpose of amendment.
- **2023-03-31T00:35:45+00:00** Amendment # 3 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed.
- **2023-03-31T01:08:16+00:00** REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
- **2023-03-31T01:08:25+00:00** Re-referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:01:22+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T18:55:16+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T18:55:22+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:12:24+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:55:45+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`
- **2023-04-06T17:14:09+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T15:20:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:20:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:30+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T18:10:32+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:14:33+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:14:35+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T21:50:17+00:00** Notification that SB400 is now Act 768 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71eca958-f8a0-438a-9bb9-f4d8bfe39200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).