---
type: "Bill"
title: "TO AMEND THE CRITERIA CONSIDERED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REDUCTION-IN-FORCE POLICY."
description: "TO AMEND THE CRITERIA CONSIDERED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REDUCTION-IN-FORCE POLICY."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ar"
legislature: "Arkansas Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 510"
citation: "Arkansas SB 510 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["G. Hodges", "Irvin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-28T19:12:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-12T13:35:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb18bb2-fc24-422d-a073-0924b40bd3f1"
source_url: "ftp://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/SessionInformation/LegislativeMeasures.txt"
source_hash: "303ba9e28e1f256fd931640246aac3ae5d2cb2a2c1af00e824e54d969c5fdea8"
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 510 (2023) — TO AMEND THE CRITERIA CONSIDERED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S REDUCTION-IN-FORCE POLICY.

## Version chain

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

1. **Act 780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2F&file=780.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R)
2. **SB 510** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2023/2023R/Bills/SB510.pdf)

## Votes

- Read the third time and passed. — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. — **93–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- G. Hodges — primary (person)
- Irvin — primary (person)
- J. English — cosponsor (person)
- Painter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T19:12:52+00:00** Filed `introduction`
- **2023-03-28T20:38:16+00:00** Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T18:02:16+00:00** Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T20:31:03+00:00** Read the third time and passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:31:10+00:00** Ordered immediately transmitted to the House.
- **2023-04-04T22:13:20+00:00** RECEIVED FROM THE SENATE
- **2023-04-05T00:57:14+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`
- **2023-04-06T17:13:10+00:00** Returned by the Committee Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-07T14:49:15+00:00** Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:49:19+00:00** Returned To the Senate as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:37:53+00:00** Returned from the House as passed.
- **2023-04-07T17:37:55+00:00** ORDERED ENROLLED
- **2023-04-07T19:17:55+00:00** Reported correctly enrolled and ordered delivered to the Governor.
- **2023-04-07T19:17:57+00:00** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T13:35:09+00:00** Notification that SB510 is now Act 780 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb18bb2-fc24-422d-a073-0924b40bd3f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arkansas legislature records).