---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT PROTECTION ACT; AND TO INCLUDE OFFERING OR PROVIDING ABORTION REFERRALS AS A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL."
description: "TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT PROTECTION ACT; AND TO INCLUDE OFFERING OR PROVIDING ABORTION REFERRALS AS A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 466"
citation: "Arkansas SB 466 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker", "J. Dotson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23T20:43:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-11T21:01:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfd87672-d13b-478e-92fe-1067da6c2551"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "69a69f75346853c0ac5b3abc3c3a4721c43660c73c3d904da376899b8e088534"
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 466 (2023) — TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS STUDENT PROTECTION ACT; AND TO INCLUDE OFFERING OR PROVIDING ABORTION REFERRALS AS A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=653.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 466** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB466.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **79–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)
- J. Dotson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:43:22+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-23T21:51:01+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T18:32:14+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30T21:31:44+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T21:32:09+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-03-30T23:03:31+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-03-31T01:45:00+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`
- **2023-04-04T22:52:29+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-06T00:55:28+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T00:55:34+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:21:50+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-06T03:21:53+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-06T14:56:50+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-06T14:56:53+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11T21:01:23+00:00** Notification that SB466 is now Act 653 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfd87672-d13b-478e-92fe-1067da6c2551`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).