---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN OF ACTIVE DUTY UNIFORMED SERVICES PERSONNEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM."
description: "TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN OF ACTIVE DUTY UNIFORMED SERVICES PERSONNEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "Arkansas SB 458 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. English"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T16:25:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T20:50:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5d9dae1-8cc8-4d5e-976c-5d2556bb8fbe"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "763d79d4b6ef9b7970868ff13cb7e80c48a51ab66cce606580a79f30286a0ec7"
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 458 (2023) — TO AMEND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE ACT OF 2015; AND TO AMEND THE ELIGIBILITY OF CHILDREN OF ACTIVE DUTY UNIFORMED SERVICES PERSONNEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNT PROGRAM.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=649.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 458** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB458.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. English — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T16:25:58+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T19:07:55+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:44+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T19:42:33+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:42:39+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-28T21:08:13+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-28T22:50:44+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`
- **2023-04-04T18:03:23+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:55:08+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T23:55:14+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:21:20+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:21:23+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:55:36+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:55:38+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T20:50:58+00:00** Notification that SB458 is now Act 649 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5d9dae1-8cc8-4d5e-976c-5d2556bb8fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).